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Chronological Listing of South Vietnamese |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat | |||||||
| 13th March 1956 |
 VNAF |
Bearcat | M | crashed | Vietnamese pilot | ||||||||||
| 21st March 1956 |
VNAF |
Bearcat | U or Z | crashed | ??? | ||||||||||
| 5th November 1962 | USAF |
B‑26B Invader |
44‑35530 | Detachment 2A,1 ACG, USAF, Bien Hoa | During napalm attack on VC positions was shot down in An Xuyen province, South Vietnam |
Capt Robert David Bennett KIA |
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Lt William Boyd Tully KIA |
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VNAF observer, name unknown KIA |
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| 5th November 1962 |
VNAF |
A-1 Skyraider |
Shot down during the night | ??? | |||||||||||
| Monday 8th April 1963 |
VNAF |
B-26 | Crashed in a mountainous area about 260 miles north of Saigon while making a strafing run | USAF Pilot | |||||||||||
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| 8th October 1963 |
VNAF |
T-28 | 8373 | 1st Air Commando Sq | 43 miles from Danang, RVN | ||||||||||
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Captain Dean A. Wadsworth US |
VNAF |
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| 19th February 1964 |
VNAF |
T-28 | Shot down by AAA near An Giang Province on Cambodian border | ||||||||||||
| USAF pilot OK |
VNAF Co-pilot OK |
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| 20th February 1964 |
VNAF |
T-28 | Shot down by AAA 90 miles south west of Saigon in Mekong Delta | ||||||||||||
| USAF pilot killed | Vietnamese Co-pilot OK | ||||||||||||||
| 8 March 1964 | USAF |
A-1H Skyraider VNAF |
1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | armed reconnaissance mission near Tay Ninh |
Col Thomas Malcolm Hergert KIA |
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| 24 March 1964 | T-28D | 53-8362 | 1st Air Commando Sq | lost a wing during a dive bombing run near Soc Trang | |||||||||||
| Captain Edwin G. Shank Jr. |
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA |
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| 9 April 1964 | USAF |
T‑28D VNAF |
53‑8361 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | Lost both wings in a strafing attack | ||||||||||
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Capt Robert Newton Brumet |
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA |
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| 29 August 1964 | USAF |
A-1E Skyraider |
52‑132465 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | shot down by AAA during a night training flight near Bien Hoa | ||||||||||
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Capt Richard Dean Goss KIA |
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA |
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VNAF |
A-1 Skyraider |
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| 23rd September 1964 | USAF |
A-1E Skyraider |
52‑132441 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | shot down by .50 calibre gunfire near Ap Vinh Tho, south of the Mekong Delta | pic | |||||||||
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1 Lt George Edward Flynn III Bailed Out MIA KIA |
VNAF observer, name unknown Bailed Out POW [or was he rescued ??] |
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| 23rd September 1964 | USAF |
A-1 Skyraider |
52‑132656 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa |
shot down by .50 calibre gunfire near Ap Vinh Tho, south of the Mekong
Delta Emergency crash landing |
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| Capt W H May (survived) |
VNAF observer, name unknown POW [or was he rescued ??] |
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26th September 1964
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A-1E Skyraider | 52‑132450 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | shot down near Ap An Dien in the Mekong Delta | |||||||||||
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Maj W G Harris Bailed Out Rescued by Helo |
VNAF
observer, name unknown Bailed Out Rescued by Helo |
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| Friday 2nd October 1964 |
USAF |
A-1E Skyraider | 52‑132654 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | Napalm attack mission near Giong Dua at the mouth of the Mekong River. Crashed into the South China Sea just off the Vietnamese coast | ||||||||||
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Captain Kenneth Earl Walker KIA |
Vietnamese student pilot 2Lt B F Fi KIA |
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26th October 1964 |
A-1E Skyraider | 52‑132411 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | shot down five miles west of Tan Son Nhut airfield |
1 Lt Glenn Charles Dyer KIA |
VNAF observer, name unknown (KIA) |
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| 1 November 1964 | Mortar attack at night on the USAF, Bien Hoa air base | ||||||||||||||
| USAF | 5 B-57s and 1 Huski destroyed, and 2 Huskies damaged | ||||||||||||||
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VNAF |
A-1E Skyraider | Destroyed | |||||||||||||
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VNAF |
A-1E Skyraider | Destroyed | |||||||||||||
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VNAF |
A-1E Skyraider | Destroyed | |||||||||||||
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VNAF |
C-47 | Damaged | |||||||||||||
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VNAF |
C-47 | Damaged | |||||||||||||
| Albrecht, George H. | Capt | 19-Nov-64 | 4410th Cmbt Crew Tng Sq | South Vietnam | TDY to Det 6 | 517870 | |||||||||
| Hudson, Leonard P. | 1Lt | 19-Nov-64 | 4410th Cmbt Crew Tng Sq | South Vietnam | TDY to Det 6 | 517870 | |||||||||
| 1st December 1964 | A-1E Skyraider | 52‑132640 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | Training flight. Hit by ground fire. Crashed near Phuoc Vinh | |||||||||||
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1 Lt K P Roedeman Bailed Out (survived) Rescued by helo |
WO D S Tan VNAF Bailed Out KIA |
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| 27th January 1965 | A-1E Skyraider | 52‑132666 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | Crashed during close air support mission in Bien Hoa province | |||||||||||
| Maj George Frederick Vlisides KIA |
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA |
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| 10 February 1965 | A-1E Skyraider | 52‑132401 | 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa | Hit by ground fire during a close air support mission. Crashed into the sea. | |||||||||||
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Capt William Young Duggan survived Rescued by helo [KIA - 31st Dec 1970] |
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA |
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| 28th March 1965 |
VNAF |
A-1H Skyraider |
Collision with USAF C-123 on the
ground WAS the VNAF aircraft stationary or occupied?? |
pic | |||||||||||
| 4th April 1965 | USAF |
A-1H Skyraider VNAF |
lost near the Dragon's Jaw Bridge |
Capt Walter Frank Draeger KIA |
LINK | ||||||||||
| 16 May 1965 | USAF B‑57B exploded at USAF, Bien Hoa air base in causing a major loss of life and material. The VNAF air suffered 30 A-1s damaged, 2 A-1H's being completely destroyed. | ||||||||||||||
| Sunday 4th July 1965 |
VNAF |
A-1H Skyraider | Shot down in Kien Hoa Province, about 60 miles from Saigon | Pilot presumed lost | |||||||||||
| 23rd December 1965 | USAF |
A-1H Skyraider VNAF |
reconnaissance mission in Hua Nghia province northwest of Saigon |
Capt James Carl Wise KIA |
LINK | ||||||||||
| 2 April 1966 | USAF |
A-1H Skyraider VNAF |
On strafing mission. Shot down in Vinh Long province southwest of Saigon |
Maj William L Richardson KIA |
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14th May 1966 16:00 |
VNAF |
A-1J Skyraider |
142060 "Tiger Violet" |
VNAF 516th Sqd Danang Air Base, South VN |
Hit by AAA. Too Low to bail out. Crash-landed about 20 miles North of the DMZ in North VN |
LT
Dat Quoc Nguyen egressed on the ground POW |
pic | ||||||||
| 22nd August 1966 |
VNAF |
A-1 Skyraider |
Hit
by ground fire during support mission to rescue USAF pilot near V.C. positions
near Dong Thai on the western coast of South
Vietnam, 15 miles south of Rach Gia NOT certain if the pilots bailed out or crash landed |
Rescued by USAF helicopter | |||||||||||
| 22nd August 1966 |
VNAF |
A-1 Skyraider | Rescued by USAF helicopter | ||||||||||||
| 13th October 1966 |
VNAF |
A-1E Skyraider | Aircraft hit by AAA 50 miles south east of Saigon. Pilot badly wounded, landed aircraft |
Major Vo Van Hoi [later had four fingers amputated] |
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17th January 1968 |
USAF |
A-1H Skyraider VNAF |
02 ACS, 56 ACW, USAF, Udorn | hit by automatic weapons fire during support of downed USAF aircrew | Lt Col Robert Frederick Wilke KIA | ||||||||||
| 16th November 1968 | USAF | Cessna 0-1F Birddog | Pleiku | Reconnaissance mission over South Vietnam | |||||||||||
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Major Carl F. Karst MIA |
Captain Nguyen X. Quy VNAF observer MIA |
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| 12thth September 1971 |
VNAF |
A-1H Skyraider | 52‑134589 | `530 TFS', USAF, Pleiku |
Pilot ??? Survived |
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| 23rd March 1972 |
VNAF |
A-1H Skyraider | 52‑137622 | `514 TFS', USAF, Bien Hoa | Engine failure. Crashed in Thailand |
Pilot ??? Survived |
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| 10-May-72 |
VNAF |
C-7A Caribou | 62-04181 | 429th TS | damaged, Ha Thanh | ||||||||||
| 11th May 1972 |
VNAF |
A-1 Skyraider | shot down near An Loc | ||||||||||||
| 5th July 1972 |
VNAF |
A-1 Skyraider |
Brought down near An Loc | Pilot killed in aircraft | |||||||||||
| 3-Oct-72 |
VNAF |
C-7A Caribou | 62-04192 | 427th TS | |||||||||||
| 28-Oct-72 |
VNAF |
C-7A Caribou | 61-02407 | 429th TS | |||||||||||
| 28-Nov-72 |
VNAF |
C-7A Caribou | 63-09744 | 429th TS | damaged, Bin Thuy | ||||||||||
| 1-Dec-72 |
VNAF |
C-7A Caribou | 63-09727 | 429th TS | |||||||||||
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29th April 1975 |
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Northrop F-5B |
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Tan Son Nhut air base |
Crashed into tree whilst attempting to land on Highway 3, Thailand |
Northrop | |||||||||
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Two occupants killed |
Two occupants killed |
Northrop | |||||||||||||
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| This Northrop F-5 two seater aircraft was being flown from Tan Son Nhut air base during the evacuation of VNAF personnel escaping the North Vietnamese who were over-running the area. All excess cockpit material was removed including the parachutes. The Northrop ejection seats were lowered. The occupants arranged themselves in each of the two cockpits with one seated and another hunched over him. Initial attempts to take off were aborted when it was thought that the drag parachute had developed, in fact the speed brakes had been left deployed. The parachute was released. The speed brake chute problem was then realised. Finally the aircraft took off with the enemy in very close proximity to the airfield, that was under mortar, rocket and small arms fire. It is believed that the hydraulic system was damaged making the brakes inoperable. The aircraft was flown into Thai airspace and a landing was attempted on highway 3. The aircraft landed but without brakes or drag chute, it was unable to stop before crashing into a tree killing all four on board. | |||||||||||||||
| 29th April 1975 |
VNAF |
AC-119K |
821st Attack Squadron Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
Defending the Tan Son Nhut air base perimeter. Hit by SA-7 Strella
shoulder-fired missile near Saigon |
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| Lt. Thanh | Lt. Tran Van Hien | ||||||||||||||
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Sgt. Son gunner Bailed out Killed when he struck the tail |
Other crew were killed | ||||||||||||||
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29th
April 1975 06.40 |
VNAF |
A-1H Skyraider | 137588 |
518th Fighter Squadron Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
Hit by SA-7 Strella shoulder-fired missile near Saigon |
Maj. Truong Phung killed |
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| 18th October 1965 |
VNAF |
CH-34 | Crashed in bad weather returning to Kham Duc |
AC 1LT Phan Long KIA |
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Co Pilot 2LT Nguyen Tung KIA |
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CE SGT Lua KIA |
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MAJ Larry Alan Thorne KIA |
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http://www.vnaf369b.com/silent_warriors.htm
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| I am looking for the full names of the four VNAF crewmembers killed on 10 February 1971 aboard a UH-1H helicopter during Operation LAM SON 719. They were the pilots and crewmembers who had on board Mr. Larry Burrows, Mr. Kent Potter, Mr. Keisaburo Shimamoto, Mr. Henri Huet, Col Nhat, Lt Col Vi and Sgt Tu Vu when the helicopter crashed in Savannakhet Province, LPDR. Please let me know if you can provided any assistance. | ||||||||
| 24th November 1972 |
VNAF |
AC-47D |
157 KJ |
817th AS, tail code kJ | ||||
| 11th May 1973 |
VNAF |
AC-47D | 263 | 817th ASPhan Rang | ||||
| 16th August 1969 |
VNAF |
AC-47D | 43-16065 | 417th TS, | ||||
| 17th September 1971 |
VNAF |
AC-47D | 43-48701 | 817th AS, Da Nang | damaged | |||
| ??? |
VNAF |
AC-47D | 43-48929 | ??? | ||||
| 9th June 1973 |
VNAF |
AC-47D |
43-49211 KS |
817th ASQuang Ngai | damaged | |||
| ??? |
VNAF |
AC-47D | 43-49517 | ??? | ||||
| 5th September 1969 |
VNAF |
AC-47D | 44-76606 |
417th TS Bin Thuy |
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