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Allen Lawrence Pope (born 1928 or '29) is a retired US military and paramilitary aviator. He rose to international attention as the subject of a diplomatic dispute between the USA and Indonesia after the B-26 aircraft he was piloting in a CIA covert op was shot down over Ambon in May 1958 during the "Indonesian crisis". Pope's aviation career began with the United States Air Force, serving with distinction flying bombing missions in the Korean War. He transferred to the CIA in 1954, which he also served with distinction flying transport missions in the First Indochina War. In the Permesta rebellion in Indonesia in 1958, Pope again flew bombing missions for the CIA. Shot down by government forces, he was captured and held under house arrest for just over four years. In 1960, an Indonesian court condemned him to death, but considerable back-channel negotiations led to his release by President Sukarno in 1962. Pope returned to the USA and subsequently flew CIA covert missions in other theaters. A native of Miami, Florida, and graduate of the University of Florida, Pope is now retired and lives in the USA. In 2005, France made him a ''Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur'' for his service in Indochina. == USAF service == After university, Pope entered the USAF and served as a first lieutenant in the Korean War. He flew a Douglas B-26 Invader in combat, winning three Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, the USAF returned Pope to the USA as an air force instructor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allen Lawrence Pope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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