1964 T-39 shootdown incident

1964 T-39 shootdown incident
	Part of the Cold War
	; A T-39 Sabreliner of the U.S. Air Force
Date	28 January 1964
Location	Vogelsberg, East Germany51°07′10″N 11°14′00″E
Result	One aircraft shot down
Belligerents
United States	Soviet Union
Casualties and losses
3 USAF officers killed	None
	Location within East Germany

On 28 January 1964, an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) was shot down while on a training mission over Erfurt, East Germany, by a MiG-19 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Force. The occupants of the aircraft were Lieutenant Colonel Gerald K. Hannaford, Captain Donald Grant Millard and Captain John F. Lorraine. All three died, becoming direct casualties of the Cold War in Europe.

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