"I would have landed him on our airfield, and I wanted it very much. Do you think I wanted to kill him? I would rather have shared a bottle with him."

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Cold WarDeath1980s in the Soviet UnionSouth KoreaAviation accidents and incidents
Original Language: English

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Major Gennadiy Osipovich, Soviet Air Force pilot of the Su-15 interceptor that shot down KAL 007, "Ex-Soviet Pilot Still Insists KAL 007 Was Spying" (December 9, 1996)