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| Date: | Friday 12 January 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-17 |
| Owner/operator: | Vietnam Peoples Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vietnam -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 12 January 1973 Lieutenant Kovaleski and Lieutenant James R. Wise, flying McDonnell F-4B-28-MC Phantom II, Bu. No.153068, shot down a Vietnam Peoples Air Force MiG 17 flown by Senior Lieutenant Luu Kim Ngo, near Hải Phòng, using an AIM 9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile.
Sources:
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/mig-17/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2016 16:41 | gerard57 | Added |
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