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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco
- Reg: 1043 photos
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- Airline: Vietnam - Air Force
- Photo Date: Jun 16, 2019
- Uploaded: Sep 03, 2019
- Other Location - Museum of the 372nd Division in Da Nang, Vietnam
Notes:
Repainted to "2011". The "2011" MiG-17 is belong to 923 Regiment. This is an aircraft that was piloted by pilot Ngo Duc Mai in an air battle on May 12, 1967 and shot down F-4C number BN 63–7614, belonging to 390 TFS squadron, 366 TFW air group, commanded by Colonel Air Force Norman C. Gaddis (pilot) and Lieutenant James M. Jefferson (auxiliary). Col Gaddis, an anti-MiG expert pilot, was sent to Vietnam to train and supervise American pilots, but he was shot down and captured by MiG himself. Later, it was modified by engineer Truong Khanh Chau to wear a bomb to attack American cruisers Oklahoma City and Highbee off the Tonkin Gulf on April 19, 1972.
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Repainted to "2011". The "2011" MiG-17 is belong to 923 Regiment. This is an aircraft that was piloted by pilot Ngo Duc Mai in an air battle on May 12, 1967 and shot down F-4C number BN 63–7614, belonging to 390 TFS squadron, 366 TFW air group, commanded by Colonel Air Force Norman C. Gaddis (pilot) and Lieutenant James M. Jefferson (auxiliary). Col Gaddis, an anti-MiG expert pilot, was sent to Vietnam to train and supervise American pilots, but he was shot down and captured by MiG himself. Later, it was modified by engineer Truong Khanh Chau to wear a bomb to attack American cruisers Oklahoma City and Highbee off the Tonkin Gulf on April 19, 1972.Camera
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- Reg: 1043 photos
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Aircraft:
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco
- Airline: Vietnam - Air Force
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Other Location - Museum of the 372nd Division in Da Nang
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