The next day the two men took off on a similar mission with five other aircraft.
Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built.
But in May, a war funding bill was put forward with up to eight more aircraft.
His most successful month was July 1944 with 29 aircraft shot down.
Most of the business today is with private and corporate aircraft.
Production ended in 1993 with only 164 aircraft having been built.
Production of the Tu-128 ended in 1970 with total 198 aircraft built.
We had failed, more or less, in our contact with the aircraft.
The Dutch were left with just 70 aircraft by the end of the day.
The most common type were the A340-300 model, with 218 aircraft delivered.