Nguyễn Ngọc Độ (born 1 November 1934 in
Thanh Chương District in
Nghệ An Province) was a
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
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pilot of the
Vietnamese People's Air Force
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. He flew with the 921st fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst
Vietnam War
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fighter aces with six kills.
The following kills are known to be credited to him by the VPAF while flying the MiG-21 PFL Fishbed D model:
[Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 1](_blank)
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/ref>[Toperczer, 2015, pp. 123.]
* 30 April 1967, a USAF F-105F (serial number 59-1726, 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, pilot
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Thorness, RWO Johnson, POWs
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; a second F-105(D) claimed by Do's wingman Nguyễn Văn Cốc in this same flight);
* 05 May 1967, an F-105D (pilot Shively, POW, US claims shot down by AAA
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* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA)
* Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA)
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);
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* 20 July 1967, an American F-4 Phantom II
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(shared kill with Phạm Thanh Ngân
Phạm Thanh Ngân (born 18 April 1939 in Phú Bình District in Thái Nguyên Province), is a former MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. Phạm Thanh Ngân flew with the 921st Fighter Regiment and tied for second-most kills (with ...
; pilot Corbitt, RWO Bare, KIA
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);
* 02 August 1967, an F-105 (not confirmed by the US);
* 16 September 1967, a USAF RF-101C
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as a long-range bomber escort (known as a ''p ...
(serial number 56-0180, 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, pilot Patterson, rescued, US claims AAA);
*
* 05 February 1968, an F-105D, (pilot Lasiter, POW, US confirms this loss dated 04 Feb., 1968, likely due to time-zone difference).
See also
* List of Vietnam War flying aces
References
Bibliography
* Toperczer, Istvan, ''MiG Aces of the Vietnam War'', Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2015; .
External links
* Toperczer, Istvan, ''MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War'', Osprey Combat Aircraft #29, 2008;
North Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War
North Vietnamese Vietnam War flying aces
Living people
1934 births
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