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Yes, the RF-101 was used for years, including extensively in Vietnam. It could take better pictures than the RF-4C. But I was referring to the F-101A fighter version.
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Yes, the RF-101 was used for years, including extensively in Vietnam. It could take better pictures than the RF-4C. But I was referring to the F-101A fighter version.These were RF-101C from the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, at Laon Air Base, France.
One was intercepted by two Vautours while taking pics from the nuclear plant at Pierrelatte in 1965.
There were no F-101 fighter wing permanently stationned in France. On the other end, temporary detachment could occur.Yes, the RF-101 was used for years, including extensively in Vietnam. It could take better pictures than the RF-4C. But I was referring to the F-101A fighter version.
Source: UN Photo Archive, which provides the correct location.AVIKAT (Aviation militaire Katangaise) Fouga CM.170 Magister, Katanga, December 1961. Different sources give different exact locations: Kamina AB, Kolwezi Airfield, or Luano Airfield, Elisabethville.
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Is that the one that shot down Dag Hammarskjöld the UN secretery general? Usually had two nose guns, looks like the nose has been changed. Is it true the Katangese ate the Italian pilots of the F-86s?AVIKAT (Aviation militaire Katangaise) Fouga CM.170 Magister, Katanga, December 1961. Different sources give different exact locations: Kamina AB, Kolwezi Airfield, or Luano Airfield, Elisabethville.
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Where on earth did that come from? Only one F-86 was lost, and that was Ethiopian.Is it true the Katangese ate the Italian pilots of the F-86s?
I have read something about a belgian pilot named Jan Van Risseghem.Is that the one that shot down Dag Hammarskjöld the UN secretery general? Usually had two nose guns, looks like the nose has been changed. Is it true the Katangese ate the Italian pilots of the F-86s?
The Congo?AVIKAT (Aviation militaire Katangaise) Fouga CM.170 Magister, Katanga, December 1961. Different sources give different exact locations: Kamina AB, Kolwezi Airfield, or Luano Airfield, Elisabethville.
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Part of the République Démocratique du Congo, formerly Zaïre, and formerly Belgian Congo.The Congo?
Excellent - thanks for posting - clears it all upI have read something about a belgian pilot named Jan Van Risseghem.