On February 17, 1966, Wu was flying his U-2 back from a mission over mainland China when he was pursued by 30 Communist Mig fighter planes, which he only threw off on reaching the Taiwan Strait.
民國五十五年二月十七日，吳載熙駕 U-2 由大陸偵照返航，結果遭三十餘架中共米格機追擊，一直到了台灣海峽才擺脫了米格機的糾纏。