Lt. Deane, the co-pilot of an electronic countermeasure P4M Martin Mercator, was shot down by PRC MiG aircraft on August 23, 1956 (local time) over the Zhoushan Archipelago, off Hangzhou Bay. The US 7th fleet and China recovered four bodies, but Lt. Deane and 11 others were declared missing for a year and then deceased. Dr. Beverly Deane, Lt. Deane’s widow, reports she failed numerous times to obtain any further information from the US government because it was all classified.
In the early 1990s, Dr. Deane, through extensive research and trips to China, uncovered new information:
Deane中尉,一名电子对抗P4M Martin Mercator的副驾驶,1956年8月23日(当地时间)在杭州湾外的舟山群岛上被中国的米格飞机击落。美国第7舰队和中国寻获4具遗体,但Deane中尉与其他11个人则被列为失踪人口并在一年后宣布死亡。Beverly Deane博士,Deane中尉的遗孀声称,由于美国政府把资料列为机密,她几次想要获取更多的有关资料时都失败。
在九十年代初期,Deane博士通过广泛的研究和访问中国,发现了新的信息:
该家人寻求任何可以证实或驳斥上述报道的资料,揭露Deane中尉及其同事的命运。
“I am now 85-years-old and in ill health. My time is running out. I am asking -- no, rather i am begging -- China to show mercy so that I may know my husband’s fate. We had been married only three months when his plane went down, but the pain still persists:” Dr. Beverly Shaver (former wife)
“我现在已经85岁,身体又不好。 我的时间已经不多了。 我问 - 不,是我乞求 - 中国表现出怜悯,让我知道我丈夫的命运。 虽然在他飞机被击落时,我们才刚结婚三个月,但疼痛依然存在:“Beverly Shaver博士(前妻)
In the early 1990s, Dr. Deane, through extensive research and trips to China, uncovered new information:
- According to US intelligence records, at least two of P4M survivors were rescued and taken to a local hospital in “Chen Hai” and later transferred to the “Pao-ting Army Hospital” 3rd Ward;
- One survivor was identified as Lt. Deane, a tall man with high cheek bones and not hairy. The second survivor identified by US intelligence as either AT2 Leonard Strykowsky or AO2 Warren Edgar Caron.
- In November 1956, the survivor identified as Deane was reportedly transferred to “Wan Ping Prison” (40 km west of Beijing), then to live with “Chien Leung” (or Ch’en Lung) in Beijing.
- A report also indicates the two Americans were moved to the in 1956 to residence of one “Tsai Mao,” Chief of Public Information, Ministry of Social Welfare.
- The other American was later reported to be working at the “Sheng-Lung Corporation" in Shanghai.
- During the 1990s, a former senior Chinese official told Dr. Deane that he remembered not only the shoot down incident but also the celebration by top Chinese Air Force officers at the capture of two American survivors.
- In 1999-2000, Dr. Shaver sought help from Li Xiaolin, head of the American section of the Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Madame Li confirmed that Chinese records on Lt. Deane were then held by the PLA and not releasable.
Deane中尉,一名电子对抗P4M Martin Mercator的副驾驶,1956年8月23日(当地时间)在杭州湾外的舟山群岛上被中国的米格飞机击落。美国第7舰队和中国寻获4具遗体,但Deane中尉与其他11个人则被列为失踪人口并在一年后宣布死亡。Beverly Deane博士,Deane中尉的遗孀声称,由于美国政府把资料列为机密,她几次想要获取更多的有关资料时都失败。
在九十年代初期,Deane博士通过广泛的研究和访问中国,发现了新的信息:
- 据美国情报记载,至少有两名P4M幸存者被救出,被送到“陈海”的一家当地医院,后来被转移到“保庭军医院”三区;
- 一名幸存者被确定为Deane中尉,一名身材高大,脸颊不高的男子。 第二名幸存者被美国情报部门认定为AT2 Leonard Strykowsky或AO2 Warren Edgar Caron。
- 1956年11月,被确认为Deane的幸存者据报被转移到北京40公里外的“万平监狱”,然后在北京与“千梁”(或陈龙)共同居住。
- 一份报告还显示,两名美国人于1956年搬到了社会福利部新闻司司长“蔡茂”的住所。
- 另一位美国人则在稍后报道说在上海的“胜龙公司”工作。
- 90年代,一位前高级中国官员告诉Deane博士,他不仅记得击落事件,而且还记得中国空军高级军官在两名美国幸存者被捕时的庆典。
- 在1999 - 2000年间,Shaver博士寻求中国人民对外友好协会美国部长李晓林的帮助。 李夫人证实,中国人对中将的记载当时由解放军掌握,不能释放。
该家人寻求任何可以证实或驳斥上述报道的资料,揭露Deane中尉及其同事的命运。
“I am now 85-years-old and in ill health. My time is running out. I am asking -- no, rather i am begging -- China to show mercy so that I may know my husband’s fate. We had been married only three months when his plane went down, but the pain still persists:” Dr. Beverly Shaver (former wife)
“我现在已经85岁,身体又不好。 我的时间已经不多了。 我问 - 不,是我乞求 - 中国表现出怜悯,让我知道我丈夫的命运。 虽然在他飞机被击落时,我们才刚结婚三个月,但疼痛依然存在:“Beverly Shaver博士(前妻)