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Serial Number Criteria: 56-6714
Description Criteria:
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
56-6675 ... 56-6722 (EXACT MATCH)
Lockheed U-2A
Items 342/389
Five modified WU-2As (Items 381-385) had dedicated gas and particulate sampling systems installed in the equipment
bay and a hard nose containing a small intake valve assembly for the sampling mission.
6681,6722 converted to WU-2A
6682,6690,6701,6714,6721 converted to U-2B
6680/6682,6691,6692,6701,6707,6714,1616,6721 converted to U-2C.
6682,6714,6721 converted to U-2D
6721 converted to WU-2D.
6675 (Item 342) converted to U-2C then to U-2F.  Replaced Item 359 (56-6692) for Republic of China AF
when it was returned to the factory.  Item 242 returned to US in late spring
of 1965 upon return of Item 359.  Lost Feb 25, 1966 in California when broke
up during hard pullup while leaving tanker.  Pilot survived.
6676 (Item 343) shot down by SA-2 Oct 27, 1962 near Banes, Cuba.  Pilot Maj. Rudolf
Anderson killed.  Parts of wreckage noted on display in Havana
Jan 2001.  Engine still on display at Museo de la Revolucion, Havana in
2009.
6677 (Item 344) crashed Mar 1, 1962 at Edwards AFB, CA during aerial refuelling
tests.  Pilot John A. Campbell killed.
6678 (Item 345) crashed May 1956 at Groom (Dry) Lake Test Facility NV, 'The Ranch' when stalled and 
crashed while trying to shake free a jammed pogo.  Pilot Wilburn S. Rose killed.
6679 (Item 346) crashed Sep 17, 1956 in Germany, killing Agency pilot Howard Carey.
6680 (Item 347) was first U-2 to overfly the USSR.  Converted to U-2F.
Used in overflight of Cuba.  On display as U-2C at National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
6681 (Item 348) converted to U-2G for aircraft carrier tests.  Converted to
U-2C and transferred to NASA as 708.   Assigned to NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Moffett Field, CA.
Registered as NASA 708.  Registered as N801X.
Ferried to Taoyuan around June, 1964, and flown by Lockheed pilot, Bob Schumacher, as well as the 
Chinese and CIA pilots on hand in a test program to cure a flameout problem that had developed 
after a new fuel control had been installed in all the aircraft a few months earlier.  
Registered as N708NA with c/n 56-6681 to NASA Ames Jun 17, 1971, cancelled Dec 29, 1976.
On display as U-2C at NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Moffet Field, California
6682 (Item 349) converted to U-2G for aircraft carrier tests.  Converted to U-2C and transferred 
to NASA as NASA 709.  Assigned to NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Moffett Field, CA. 
Registered as N709NA Jun 18, 1971, cancelled Dec 13, 1976.
On Apr 17/18, 1989 NASA pilots set time-to-climb records.  Now on display 
at Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins AFB, Georgia.
6683 (Item 350) crashed off Key West, Florida after Cuban overflight Nov 20, 1963.
Pilot Joe G. Hyde killed.
6684 (Item 351) converted to U-2C by Jul 1959.  to Republic of China AF Jul 1960.  Lost Mar 19, 1961
at Taoyuan, Taiwan when Republic of China AF pilot took off on night training flight.  Plane
veered off the runway and burned.  Pilot Chih Yao Hua killed.
6685 (Item 352) converted to U-2C.  To Republic of China AF Jul 1960. Oct 22, 1965 on training mission over
Taiwan Oct 22, 1965.   Pilot Jaj Chang-Wen "Pete" Wang missing.
6686 (Item 353) crashed Sep 14, 1961 at Edwards AFB, CA.  Pilot Edens OK.
6687 (Item 354) crashed at Groom Lake (Dry) Lake Test Facility, NV, "The Ranch" Aug 31, 1956.  Flew 
into a telephone pole while taking off on night training flight.  CIA Pilot Frank Grace killed.
6688 (Item 355) to Republic of China AF 35th Sqdn.  Downed by PLA SA-2 over Jiangxi Nov 1, 1963.
Maj Chang-Di "Robin: Yeh flew this mission over nuclear weapons facilities in northwestern China. He was shot 
down by a SA-2 missile fired by PLAAF 2nd Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Battalion over Jiangxi and 
was captured alive by the Chinese Communists.  He was released to Hong Kong on November 10, 1982.
Aircraft displayed at Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, Beijing-Fuxing Lu, China
6689 (Item 356) lost on training mission over Taiwan Mar 22/23, 1964.  ROCAF pilot Maj. Te-Pei Liang
ejected but drowned.
6690 (Item 357) crashed in Arizona Dec 19, 1956.  Pilot survived.
6691 (Item 358) to Taiwan's 35th Sqdn as ROCAF 3512.  Downed by PLA SA-2 over Inner Mongolia
Jan 10, 1965.  Pilot Maj Li-Yi Chang captured, released to Hong Kong Nov 1982.
6692 (Item 359, U-2CT). To Republic of China AF in 1965.  Converted back to single-seat configuration 
and put on display at American Air Museum, Duxford, UK
6693 (Item 360) was the plane shot down on May 1, 1960
over USSR flown by CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers.  Remains noted May 2006 displayed
in Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow.  Parts reported Aug 2007
still in Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow, other
parts reported at Museum of Military Technology, Ekaterinburg
(alias Sverdlovsk) hear where the plane was shot down.  Powers survived and was put on trial and was 
convicted as a spy.  He was later traded for a convicted Russian spy.
6694 (Item 361) lost near Del Rio, TX Sep 26, 1957.  USAF pilot Jack Nole survived.
6695 (Item 362) to Republic of China AF 35th Sqdn.  Downed by PLA SA-2 over Fujian Jul 7, 1964.
Pilot Lt Col Nan-Ping "Terry" Lee killed.  Terry Lee took off in 362 from NAS Cubi Point, 
Philippines on a mission on China's supply lines to North Vietnam. He was shot down by SA-2 fired 
by PLAAF 2nd Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Battalion over Fujian and was killed. A Chinese source 
claimed that his ejection seat was not armed and so could not fire.
6696 (Item 363) crashed Mar 22, 1966 in Arizona, pilot OK.  Pilot Andy Fan was from ROCAF.
6697 (Item 364) crashed on final approach near Laughlin AFB, TX Aug 6, 1958.
USAF pilot Paul L. Haughland killed.
6698 (Item 365) crashed Jul 9, 1958 SW of Tucumcari, NM.  USAF pilot Alfred L. Chapin killed.
6699 (Item 366) lost Jun 28, 1957 near Del Rio IAP.  USAF pilot Ford E. Lowcock killed.
6700 (Item 367) converted to U-2C.  W/o May 29, 1975 near Winterberg, Germany.  USAF pilot Robert 
T. Rendlemen survived
6701 (Item 368) Nicknamed “The Saint” during it’s service with the Air Force thunderstorm research program, this U-2C 
also served with the Central Intelligence Agency and various Reconnaissance Wings. The aircraft has 
been converted from a U-2A to a U-2B, and finally to a U-2C model in 1968. It was dropped from the 
inventory and flown to the Strategic Air & Space Museum at Ashland, Nebraska in 1982.
6702 (Item 369) converted to U-2C.   Crashed near Del Rio, TX Jun 28, 1957.  Pilot Leo Smith killed.
6703 (4080 SW, 4080 OMS) crashed while landing at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ Sep 18, 1964.  USAF pilot 
Primrose killed.
6704 (Item 371) lost Nov 28, 1957 13 nm SSE of Laughlin AFB, TX.  USAF pilot Bennidict A. Lacombe killed when
parachute caught on speed brake while bailing out.
6705 (Item 372) converted to U-2F.  To Republic of China AF Nov 1965.  Lost Feb 17, 1966 when ROCAF
pilot was undergoing high altitude training when he received
an overtemp warning and shut down the engine.  Attemped to land at Taichung Ching Chuan Kang
Airport which was the divert field and have a very long runway.  When he saw a smaller strip, he
decided to land there, but the airstrip was too short and the aircraft vershot the
runway and crashed into civilian housing.  Pilot and 5 civilians killed.
6706 (Item 373) to Republic of Chinaa AF.  Shot down by PLAAF Red Flag 2 missile over Jiaxing
Sep 8, 1967.  Pilot killed.
6707 (Item 374) on display as U-2C at Laughlin AFB, Texas
6708 (Item 375) lost Jul 1, 1967 near Pineville, LA.  USAF pilot Sam Swart survived.
6709 (Item 376) lost near Picayune, MS Jan 2, 1962.  USAF pilot Charles B. Stratton survived.
6710 (Item 377) lost Sep 11, 1958 at Edwards AFB, CA.  USAF pilot Patrick Hunderwahl killed.
6711 (Item 378) was the aircraft with the fake NASA markings
on display at Edwards AFB after the Powers shoot-down.
Later to Republic of China AF 35th Sqdn.  Downed by PLAAF SA-2 fired by 2nd Surface-to-Air Guided Missile
Battalion over Nanchang Sep 9, 1962.  ROCAF pilot Huai-Sheng Chen was alive when he was found but he 
died at hospital.
6712 (Item 379) crashed with ROCAF pilot Sheng Shih-Hi on training mission from
Davis Monthan AFB, AZ Dec 19, 1964.  Pilot survived.
6713 (Item 380) lost Jul 8, 1958 near Wayside, TX.  RAF pilot Christopher H. Walker killed.
6714 (Item 381) lost Jan 31, 1980 near Oroville, CA.  USAF pilot Edward I. Beaumont lost consciousness while
on training flight.  Plane glided earthward until it hit some high-tension
electrical lines, causing the plane to slowly spiral to the ground.  Having
regained consciousness by the sudden jolt of hitting the ground, the pilot
exited the U-2.  The aircraft is now mounted on a pylon at Beale AFB, California
6715 (Item 382) crashed Apr 26, 1965 near Boron, CA.  Civilian pilot Eugene Edens killed.  Pilot was
practicing carrier landings at Edwards AFB, CA when one wing dropped, hit the
ground hard, and the plane bounced back into the air.  Aircraft rolled over and
dove into the ground.  Pilot ejected, but not in time and was killed.
6716 (Item 383) to Republic of China AF.  Ferried directly to Takhli, Thailand in Aug or Sep 1965 and
based at Takhli until the beginning of Dec 1965 when it was flown to Taoyuan.  
Now on display as U-2C at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
6717 (Item 384) to Republic of China AF.  Lost Jun 21, 1966 when ROCAF pilot suffered flameout
due to ruptured fuel line.  Pilot attempted an unsuccessful
forced landing in Okinawa when he bailed out but died of injuries sustained.
6718 (Item 385) To Republic of China Air Force. Stayed at Taoyuan from about February, 1965 till 
May of the same year. Shortage of "straight" C models was reason for a G model being used 
at Taoyuan. The tailhook was removed before it was ferried out.
6719 (Item 386) lost Jul 28, 1966 near Oruro, Bolivia.  USAF pilot Robert D. Hickman lost consciousness
and his plane flew out over the Gulf of Mexico, eventually crashing into the
side of a mountain.  Pilot killed.
6720 (Item 387) lost Jul 14, 1960 30 mi NW of Uvalde, TX.  USAF pilot Raleigh B. J. Meyers survived.
6721 (Item 388) built as U-2D two-place aircraft.  The second cockpit
was used by an observer operating infrared detectors in
support of Missile Detection and Alarm System (MIDAS) satellite
program.  Project "Have Coffee" airborne measurement of ballistic missile radiation.
Operated at Edwards AFB with 6512th Test Group.
Retired in 1980.  Put on display at March Field Museum, CA.  
Transferred to Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at 
Edwards AFB.  Restored by Lockheed Martin and put on 
temporary display at Skunk Works facility, and moved to 
Blackbird Air Park, Palmdale, California Nov 12, 2001.
6722 on display at WPAFB Museum, Dayton, OH.  This was first U-2 to be fitted with
dorsal-mounted IR sensor for tracking aircraft and missiles.  Was redesignated WU-2A when fitted
with scoop under the port side of the fuselage beneath the equipment bay and a hard nose with a small 
intake valve.  Delivered in March 1957 to the USAF and assigned to Special Projects 
Branch of ARDC at Edwards AFB, California. Remained at Edwards until 1978 when it was retired to the 
USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

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