Allen Lawrence Pope
![Pope on trial in Jakarta, December 1959](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Allen_Pope.jpg)
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 United States and subsequently flew CIA covert missions in other theaters.
In 2005, France made Pope a ''Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur'' for his service in Indochina. Provided by Wikipedia