Matur Nuwun Mas Don, Memang sampai sekarang masih jadi masalah apakah yang nembak Alan Pope pilot AURI atau ALRI, tetapi kalau memang ditembak dengan meriam bofors 40 mm (yang menjadi senjata standar RI Sawega) pesawat ini harusnya meledak karena efek kinetis ledakan meriam yang begitu besar; kalau melihat cerita bahwa pesawatnya rusak sehingga mereka harus eject, maka kemungkinan bahwa pesawat ini ditembak dengan senjata 0.5 inch senapan mesin standar P-51 lebih besar karena efek kinetis peluru ini lebih kecil dibandingkan peluru bofors 40 mm. (kemungkinan peran Dewanto sengaja 'dikecilkan' sebagai efek persaingan antara AD dan AU serta AL). Anyway, memang waktu itu banyak sekali 'mercenary' yang bekerja sebagai freelance untuk berperang di daerah konflik termasuk di Indonesia. Tapi kok nggak disebut peran keluarga Aquino dan pemerintah Philipina ya dalam pemberontakan PRRI-Permesta? Padahal B-26 tidak mungkin terbang ferry dari Taiwan langsung ke Mapanget atau Sanga-sanga (dekat daerah Handil - Kutai sana). Tetapi saya angkat topi atas kehandalan BK dalam melakukan penukaran Pope dengan pesawat Hercules dan senjata 7 kargo untuk AD. Memang hebat beliau ini, sayangnya penggantinya tidak ada yang memiliki kemampuan diplomasi sehebat beliau...(sampai sekarang). DG
On 6/21/05, RM Danardono HADINOTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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 May…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 > > ------------- > > > > > > > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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