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Old 10th May 2022, 18:08
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Re: Le Quang Trung MiG-17

Hello Michael, this may not be relevant to your search but thought that you might like it if only to clear up loose ends.
From Scramble's " US Military Aircraft Mishaps 1950-2004" by Jan Van Waarde.

3 December 1966
63-7608 - F-4C - 559thTFS/12th TFW. 15 M, SE of Yen Bai NVN. Shot down by SAM. 2 crew ejected both captured.

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5 December 1966
56-0165 - RF-101C - 20th TRS/460th TRW. 2 M North of Yen Bai airfield NVN. Hit by gunfire, pilot killed.
62-4331 - F-105D - 421stTFS/388th TFW. Near Ha Hoa,NW of Hanoi NVN, shot down bya Mig 17, pilot Mia.
66-0554 - UH-1C - 1st CAV, SVN, 1 Crewman killed.
??-???? - CH-46A - USMC on a LZ in Northern SVN. Shot down during landing, crew OK.

Pilot details for the 105 loss
https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/...000000utYjtEAE

Alex
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