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PB4Y-2, lost near Latvia on August 8th, 1950.
P4M-1Q, lost on February 6th, 1952. RB-29, lost over the Sea of Japan, on June 13th, 1952.
RB-29, lost over the USSR, on October 7th, 1952.
RB-50, lost over the Sea of Japan, on July 29th, 1953.
RB-29 and P2V-5, lost over the Sea of Japan, on September 4th, 1954.
RB-47, lost over the USSR, on April 14th, 1955.
P4M-1Q, lost near Wenchai, China, on August 22nd, 1956.
RB-50, lost over the Sea of Japan, on September 10th, 1956.
RB-57, lost over the Black Sea on December 24th, 1957.
P4M-1Q, lost January 4th, 1958. EC-130, lost over the USSR, on September 2nd, 1958.
A3D-1Q, lost on October 16th, 1958.
A3D-1Q, lost on May 28th, 1959.
A3D-1Q, lost on November 27th, 1959.
P4M-1Q, lost on January 19th, 1960.
U2, lost over the USSR on May 1st, 1960.
EC-47, lost over East Germany on May 25th, 1960.
RB-47H, lost over the Barents Sea on July 1st, 1960.
A3D-1Q, lost on January 13th, 1961.
WV-2Q (EC-121), lost on May 22nd, 1962.
U2, lost over Cuba on October 27th, 1962.
RB-66, lost over East Germany on March 10th, 1964.
RB-57F, lost near Odessa, USSR, on December 14th, 1965.
KA-3B, lost over the South China Sea on January 1st, 1966.
EA-3B, lost on May 28th, 1966.
EA-3B, Lost on November 3rd, 1966.
KC-135R, crashed shortly after takeoff from Offutt AFB, NE, July 17th, 1967.
EA-3B, lost on June 4th, 1968.
RC-135S, lost in the Aleutians on March 10th, 1969.
EC-121M, lost over the Sea of Japan on April 14th, 1969.
RC-135E, lost over the Bering Sea on June 5th, 1969.
EA-3B, lost on February 26th, 1970.
EC-121M, lost on March 16th, 1970.
U-8, lost over the USSR on October 21st, 1970.
TA-3B, lost on July 9th, 1974.
RC-135S, lost in the Aleutians on March 15th, 1981.
EA-3B, lost on August 4th, 1982.
EA-3B, lost on January 23rd, 1985.
RC-135T, crashed on approach to Valdez, AK, on February 26th, 1985.
EA-3B, lost on January 25th, 1987.
EA-3B, lost on June 1st, 1987.
RC-7B, lost over Columbia on July 23rd, 1999.
EP-3E, forced down on Hainan, China, on April 1st, 2001.

"Your Airmanship and Courage Reflect Great Credit upon Yourselves, Your Units, and the United States of America."

Our Eyes In The Sky
On a day long ago
In a far-away land,
You rose to the skies
To obey a command.

While we who were here
In our safe, secure place,
Never knew of the danger,
Never knew what you'd face.

We live in a land
That today is still free,
Who can measure the gift
To mankind and to me?

Our "Eyes in the Sky",
Looking down from above,
We hope you can see
What you gave us in love.

On a day long ago,
In a far-away land,
When you rose to the skies
To obey a command.

Chrystal Krueger Sinn, June, 1997

The Soviet Naval & Missile bases in the Baltics were so critical to the Soviets that all Soviet era maps of the Baltic coasts misrepresented the location of the coastline. A massive dis-information program in the hopes of confusing Western targeting. I believe that it was only discovered in the late 60’s or early 70’s with the placement of more sophisticated satellites.

I can’t recall the exact displacement, but it seems that it was on the order of 10 to 12 miles seaward.

Liepaja was a closed city for the duration of the Soviet occupation. No native Latvians were allowed to reside there unless they were loyal and tested party members. Western tourist were absolutely verboten.