1/72 Mikogan MIG-17 F VPAF - Vietnam French/American War 1950-1975
User Name: destrozas
Name: sergio
categore: intermediate
Kit: AZmodel Az7330 mig 17f fresco-c over
Scale: 1/72
Accessories: none
Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam, Vietnam People's Air Force, red2077, 923rd, Yen the trung doan, Noi-bai, pilot Lt. Vu Van thanh, 1966 flying an overall snake-green MiG-17F 'Fresco' -c latched on to the tail of Bien's pursuer and fired two well-aimed bursts of cannon fire into the F-105. Mortally hit, the Thunderchied (59-1755) crashed before its pilot, 1Lt Steven W.Diamond, could eject. The surviving USAF pilots continued to dogfight with the MiGs, but they failed to make any real impression on the agile VPAF fighters. The F-105 pilots were also having to contend with fierce anti-aircraft fire from the flak batteries around Noi Bai. Two minutes after Diamond had crashed to his death, a second Thunderchief was claimed by Nguyen Bien, while a third F-105 was reportedly hit by flak and exploded over Tuyen Quang. The USAF only officially acknowledge the loss of two F-105s on this sortie, the second having reportedly been downed by AAA. Both MiG-17s recovered safely at Gia Lam airfield in Hanoi.
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User Name: destrozas
Name: sergio
categore: intermediate
Kit: AZmodel Az7330 mig 17f fresco-c over
Scale: 1/72
Accessories: none
Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam, Vietnam People's Air Force, red2077, 923rd, Yen the trung doan, Noi-bai, pilot Lt. Vu Van thanh, 1966 flying an overall snake-green MiG-17F 'Fresco' -c latched on to the tail of Bien's pursuer and fired two well-aimed bursts of cannon fire into the F-105. Mortally hit, the Thunderchied (59-1755) crashed before its pilot, 1Lt Steven W.Diamond, could eject. The surviving USAF pilots continued to dogfight with the MiGs, but they failed to make any real impression on the agile VPAF fighters. The F-105 pilots were also having to contend with fierce anti-aircraft fire from the flak batteries around Noi Bai. Two minutes after Diamond had crashed to his death, a second Thunderchief was claimed by Nguyen Bien, while a third F-105 was reportedly hit by flak and exploded over Tuyen Quang. The USAF only officially acknowledge the loss of two F-105s on this sortie, the second having reportedly been downed by AAA. Both MiG-17s recovered safely at Gia Lam airfield in Hanoi.
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