ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57302
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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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North of Hanoi -
Vietnam
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Noi Bai AB |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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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