Lê Thanh Đạo (born 1944) is a former
MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet aircraft, jet fighter aircraft, fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan, Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB, Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames in ...
pilot of the
Vietnamese People's Air Force
The Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF; ), officially the Air Defence - Air Force Service (ADAF Service; ) or the Vietnam Air Force (), is the aerial, air and space defence service branch of Vietnam. It is the modern incarnation of the so-cal ...
. He flew with the 921st and 927th fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
fighter aces with six kills.
The following victories include the kills that are known to be credited to him by the VPAF:
* 18 December 1971, a
USAF
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
F-4D (serial number 06-241, 555th Tactical Fighter Wing, pilot Johnson, WSO Vaughan, POWs);
* 10 May 1972, a
USN F-4J (pilot Blackburn (MIA-KIA), RIO Rudloff (POW), US claims AAA);
* 12 June 1972, an F-4 Phantom (US does not confirm);
* 24 July 1972, an F-4 Phantom (US does not confirm);
* 24 July 1972,
Firebee (shared);
* 9 September 1972, an F-4 Phantom (US does not confirm);
* 11 September 1972, a USAF F-4E (pilot Ratzlaff, WSO Heeren, POWs);
* 1 October 1972, an F-4 Phantom (US does not confirm).
See also
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List of Vietnam War flying aces
The claimed flying aces of the Vietnam War, pilots who shot down five or more enemy aircraft, include 19 Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) pilots, (six MiG-17 and 13 MiG-21 pilots), and five Americans.
United States' aces
All the American aces ...
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Weapons of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet Armed Forces, Kor ...
References
Bibliography
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North Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War
Living people
North Vietnamese Vietnam War flying aces
1944 births
Members of the 7th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Military personnel from Hanoi