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Richard G. Fecteau (born 1927) [1] is an American Central Intelligence Agency operative who was captured by the People's Republic of China during a CIA-sponsored flight in the Korean War. [2] News of the capture of Fecteau and John T. Downey reached the United States in November 1954, sparking a nearly two decade battle of wills between the U.S ...
John Thomas Downey or Jack Downey (April 19, 1930 – November 17, 2014) was an American judge and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. [1] As a CIA operative, he was shot down over China during the Korean War and was held prisoner for over twenty years—the longest-held prisoner of war in United States history.
Richard Fecteau: 1952 1971 19 years China: CIA agent captured along John T. Downey in Manchuria after their plane was shot down by Chinese forces during the Korean War; the mission was part of a failed attempt to establish an anti-Communist guerrilla in mainland China. Released after the thaw of Chinese-American relations.
Andy Beyer mourns wife, Justyna Beyer, and 12-year-old daughter, Brielle Beyer, who died in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision involving American Airlines Flight 5342
Downey Jr. appeared in Blackface in the 2008 satirical comedy ... John Russell. November 27, 2024 at 4:05 PM ... Robert Downey Jr.’s Tropic Thunder character is a big reason the film probably ...
Both Schwartz and Snoddy were killed, while two other CIA crewmembers, Richard G. Fecteau and John T. Downey, were captured by the Chinese and held until 1971 and 1973, respectively. Schwartz's and Snoddy's remains were returned in 2005. [23] Robert C. Snoddy 1954 1954
Eventually, Downey admitted to fatally stabbing the 37-year-old after she agreed to have sex with him but laughed when he couldn’t become aroused, the Herald reports.
Downey crossed over the Sham Chun River bridge from Shenzhen into British Hong Kong. [52] Downey, a pilot for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had been captured in Manchuria on November 29, 1952, along with Richard Fecteau while on a mission to extract a CIA courier. Fecteau had been set free on December 13, 1971.