Robert J. Flynn

Robert James Flynn (September 15, 1937 – May 15, 2014) was a Commander and Naval Flight Officer bombardier/navigator in the United States Navy. As a Lieutenant, he was captured by the Chinese in August 1967 after the A-6 Intruder he was flying in on an attack on Vietnam was shot down. Flynn and his pilot, along with another A-6 Intruder crew, were attempting to escape from defending North Vietnamese jets following their attack on Hanoi when they intruded more than 11 miles (18 km) into Chinese air space. Flynn was apprehended by the Chinese and held in China as a Prisoner of War where he claims he was tortured and held almost exclusively in solitary confinement for five and a half years.