Island, killing 10 people in an incident that has become known as the 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown. Although the four-engined propeller-driven Douglas (registered VR-HEU) was a C-54 Skymaster, the incident is known as "the DC-4 shootdown" because the C-54 is the military version of the Douglas DC-4, and the aircraft was flying a commercial passenger run. Three days later, near the same location, two La-11s of the same unit were shot down by 2 AD-4 airplanes of the US Navy. During 1954–55, La-11 fighters of the PLAAF took part in the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands escorting the ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy and Tu-2 bombers. Operators Soviet Air Force Soviet Anti-Air Defence People's Liberation Army Air Force - Imported 163 La-11 fighters from 1950-1953. The last 18 La-11 airplanes retired in 1966. North Korean Air Force Indonesian Air Force Surviving aircraft China La-11, on display at Chinese Aviation Museum, Datangshang, China as Red 24 La-11, on display at Beijing Air and Space Museum, Beijing, China as Red 09 Indonesia La-11 F-911, on display at Indonesian Air Force Museum, Adisutjipto AB, Yogyakarta Russia La-11, on display at Nizhny Novgorod Military Museum, Russia United Kingdom La-11 20, stored pending restoration by The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Cambs United States La-11 10142/N2276Y, stored pending restoration with Kermit Weeks, Orlampa, Florida Specifications (La-11) See also References Notes Bibliography Gordon, Yefim. Lavochkin's Piston-Engined Fighters (Red Star Volume 10). Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 2003. . Kopenhagen, W (ed.), Das große Flugzeug-Typenbuch (in German). Transpress, 1987, External links Walkaround La-11 Fang https://web.archive.org/web/20110605030336/http://www.aviation.ru/La/#11 La-011 Low-wing aircraft 1940s Soviet fighter aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft