Nguyễn Ngọc Độ (born 1 November 1934 in Thanh Chương District in Nghệ An Province) is a former

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "''Balalaika''", because its planf ...

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 fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst

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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:Toperczer, 2015, pp. 123. * 30 April 1967, 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-105F (serial number 59-1726, 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron,

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Thorness, RWO Johnson,

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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 AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * AAA (video game industry) - a category of high budget video games *'' TripleA'', an open source wargame Mu ...

); * * 20 July 1967, an American

F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bower ...

(shared kill with

Phạm Thanh Ngân Phạm Thanh Ngân (born 18 April 1939 in Phú Bình District in Thái Nguyên Province), is a former Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. Phạm Thanh Ngân flew with the 921st Fighter Regiment and tied for ...

; pilot Corbitt, RWO Bare, KIA); * 02 August 1967, an F-105 (not confirmed by the US); * 16 September 1967, a USAF RF-101C (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).

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 People from Nghệ An province {{Vietnam-mil-bio-stub

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