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| Date: | Wednesday 13 July 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikojan-Gurjevič MiG-21PFL |
| Owner/operator: | North Vietnam Air Force [921st FR] |
| Registration: | 4127 |
| MSN: | 771912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Hanoi -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Noi Bai AB |
sd 13.07.66 pilot Tkhan ejected unsafe, killed due cockpit destruction.
Shot down 14 July 1966.
Shot down by an F-4C (63-7489) of 480th TFS / 35th TFW. Flown by Capt W.J. Swendner and 1Lt D.A. Buttell.
Weapon used: AIM-9B Sidewinder.
Pilot: Ta Van Thanh was killed. (He was chasing F-105s at the time of his death)
Sources:
http://russianplanes.net/planelist/Mikoyan-Gurevich/MiG-21
Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, Nr 135: MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-May-2013 16:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 02-Oct-2015 06:40 | lindr1 | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2015 18:27 | lindr | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 28-Nov-2019 09:21 | Rayscorpio | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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