[NickM]

Guys:

I was wondering if anybody here could provide me with info RE: of air-to-air losses suffered by the USAF(NOT the USN) during Freedom Train/Linebacker I;

I was reading Marshal Michel's book 'Clashes' & he commented that the USAF suffered 24( or was it 28??) losses to NVAF Migs---and he added that 18 of those losses were various marks of F4 Phantoms...an interesting statistic was that 9 of those losses were by F4s tasked with 'close escort' of the strike aircraft or 'chaff dispensing' aircraft; 6 were F4s tasked with 'MigCAP' duties; I recall from my reading that 3 'chaff dropping' F4s were also lost to Migs so presumably they round out the 18 losses;
(Interestingly enough, it doesn't appear that any F4s tasked as 'strike aircraft were lost to Migs)

So...what aircraft were the rest of the losses? Presumably several F105s flying Wild Weasel missions were lost but I didn't notice how many were lost--or if any other aircraft were shot down;

Thanks ahead of time;


NM