Fifty-two years after a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Laos, a family still fights for answers: Did the crew all perish or were half of them left behind?

Tony · 2025-02-03T22:20:49+0000

The tragic story of an American spy plane with the radio call sign Baron 52 began like so many other midnight missions over Indochina...

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February 3, 2025 in History of the United States Navy

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