--- In [email protected], Mas Bagong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DG: BUkan mau ngebom istana bogor, Alan Pope waktu itu beroperasi di
> wilayah timur Indonesia dengan pesawat B-26,jangkauan pesawat ini
> tidak sampai Jakarta kalau beroperasi dari Menado. Kalau yang
> menembaki Istana Bogor adalah pilot muda AURI (namanya Aleksander
> Maukar) dengan pesawat MIG-17 yang baru dibeli dari Rusia yang
> kemudian jatuh di Leles Garut...
DH: Benar mas. Maukar adalah saudara kita asal Minahasa, yang
menembak karena alasan pribadi, tak ada urusan dengan thema kita,
yakni bayar bayaran AS/CIA.
Inilah skenario perang udara diatas Morotai (dari sumber Amerika):
---> catatan: AUREV adalah nama Angkatan Udara Permesta yang kala itu
bertarung melawan AURI diangkasa.
This short clash happened when the B-26 flown by US contract-pilot
Alan Pope was tasked with a strike against convoy of Indonesian ships
underway to attack PERMESTA on Morotai.
Pope found his target near Ambon, flew between the convoy and the
land, and turned to attack, expecting not to be detected until the
last moment.
However, he was detected early, and the Indonesians opened fierce
fire at the low flying B-26, damaging it severely. Only moments
later, the AURI F-51D flown by Capt. Dewanto appeared on the scene
and attacked the crippled bomber.
Pope and his navigator, Rantung, parachuted safely, but were
immediately captured.
Shortly after, another B-26, flown by another US contract-pilot,
Connie Seigrist, also clashed with Dewanto while underway to strike
the AURI airfield at Ambon. Seigrist used his one chance as Dewanto
passed in front of his bomber, and opened fire. Dewanto's Mustang was
damaged, but Seigrist mounted no follow-up attack against the more
nimble fighter.
When Pope arrived over Ambon airfield (MK: Laha??), the lone AURI
Mustang was being fueled and the two previously damaged planes, a
Dakota and a Mustang, were parked along the runway. Pope bombs hit
the fuel truck (maybe also the serviceable Mustang?) and destroyed
the two damaged planes.
Pope then headed for Ambon harbor and spotted the invasion fleet. He
reported by radio and dropped his last bomb, missing the transport
ship Sawega. He made a second pass where he was reportedly hit by AAA
fire from the boats.
In the meantime, at Liang airfield, AURI Captain Dewanto had received
report that an AUREV plane was attacking Ambon and he took off,
heading west.
Note MK: To this day the argument goes on between the Navy and the
Air Force as to who shot Pope down. It is almost certain that Pope
had been hit by the Navy AA guns, fact confirmed by many sailors and
other troops on the Sawega, and by Rantung himself. Dewanto most
probably gave him the coup de grace.
Some Navy and Army personnel are adamant that there was no Mustang,
even in some recent interviews, while other allegedly fired at
Dewanto's plane, thinking it was an AUREV Mustang.
Pope and Rantung jumped while the B-26 crashed into the sea. Both
landed on a small island off the western tip of Ambon island and were
captured by government troops. They were brought aboard one of the
ships of the invasion force and were transported to Jakarta only
after Morotai had been re-taken by the Indonesian Army.
While Pope was being shot down, Seigrist straffed the empty Amahai
airfield before turning West to assist Pope. On the way to Ambon, he
had a head-on run with Dewanto and both planes were hit.
Note MK: AURI confirms that there were bullet holes in Dewanto's
Mustang.
Dewanto headed back to Liang airfield while Seigrist returned to
Mapanget. As one of his tires had been damaged, Seigrist didn't land
straight and his front gear collapsed. For a few days, neither AUREV
nor the CIA knew that Pope had been captured.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
Note: Air Enthusiast: Seigrist escaped by hiding in nearby clouds.
His left landing gear had been damaged by AAA fire.
On 19 May, Truman Barnes in the newly arrived Invader and the sole
AUREV Mustang patrolled the Moluccan waters, looking for the invasion
fleet but spotting nothing.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
Note: Air Enthusiast: on May 19, a final B-26 sortie was flown by CAT
pilots.
On 20 May 1958, CIA Headquarters ordered to cease all operations; all
operatives were to return to the Philippines. The last serviceable
Mustang was flown to Sanga Sanga by its Filipino pilots and a CAT C-
46 brought the American/Filipino team back to Clark AFB. Note:
Conboy/Morrison
On 21 May, Truman Barnes flew the lone serviceable B-26 to Sanga
Sanga. At Mapanget a burned Catalina, a damaged Invader and two
damaged Mustangs were left behind.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
Note MK: in the Air Enthusiast article, it is stated that Truman B.
and Ron S., 2 CAT pilots, were flown in by C-46 to help ferry out the
B-26s, which they did on 20 or 21 May. The PBY went straight back to
Taiwan while the four-???- B-26s and the last flyable Mustang staged
at Tawi-Tawi, where the Mustang was returned to Philippine Air force
personnel.
Note: Foreign Invaders: a final reinforcement was sent on 26 MayÂ…when
the two B-26Cs were flown out of Clark.
Note MK: did they fly to Mapanget after leaving Clark???)
Note: Air Enthusiast: the two B-26Cs left Clark on 26 May and
probably both ended up on Taiwan
It is to be noted that Permesta and AUREV received some support
directly from ROC.
In the beginning, this support was through two civil airlines,
Fushing and Far Eastern Transportation Corporation. A civilian B-26
and a C-54 were purchased in the USA and flown to Taiwan where the B-
26 was re-militarized by the ROCAF.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
The C-54 was then dispatched to Mapanget on 15 or 16 May with a
Chinese crew and it's this plane that brought part of AUREV's bomb
stock from Mapanget to Sanga Sanga.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
The now armed B-26 was flown in to Sanga Sanga by a ROCAF pilot
between 15 and 17 May. On 19 May, it attacked the Balikpapan
airfield. Other attacks were reportedly carried out on 15 June, 28
June, 9 July, 13 July and 19 July.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
Note: Air Enthusiast: the Indonesians claim that several attacks were
made by B-26s or unidentified aircrafts long after the AUREV was
disbanded.
On 6 July, a Chinese PB4Y Privateer dropped supplies for Permesta.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
Around mid-July, the last Chinese advisors were evacuated from North
Sulawesi by a Fuching Catalina and the base at Sanga Sanga was
closed.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
A last supply drop by Privateer was conducted on 6 August 1958.
Note: Conboy/Morrison
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