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Comments by "MM2" (@MM22966) on "The PB4Y-2 Privateer; A Very Active (and Little Known) Career" video.
There are lists out on the Net, on Wiki, that list a very long number of aircraft shot down during the Cold War, especially in the middle 1950's to early 1960's. Most were as the incident Nash described at 8:05, but it also included airliners that wandered off course, spy missions, and even two neutral Swedish aircraft. Privateers were also in that list. The Soviets and their various Communist allies had a very paranoid/aggressive approach to borders, and sometimes the US bent the rules to get better intel. There was also the issue that the Soviets considered maritime/air boundaries of countries starting at TWENTY-FIVE miles, while the Western allies adhered to the general 12-mile rule. So you could be in "Soviet" airspace as far as they were concerned, even if your charts said otherwise.
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