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Nguyễn Văn Cốc (born 1943) was a North Vietnamese MiG-21PFL fighter ace of the VPAF's 921st Fighter Regiment. Nine kills of United States aircraft have been attributed to him during the Vietnam War. Out of nine claims, seven of these losses have been acknowledged by the United States Air Force so far. However, it was common for US forces to attribute aircraft losses to surface-to-air missiles, as many pilots considered this "less embarrassing".
Air Combat Victories
The following kills are credited to him by the VPAF:
- 30 April 1967: One USAF F-105D (pilot J. Abbott);
- 23 August 1967: One USAF F-4D (serial number 66-0238, 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, pilot Tyler, WSO Sittner);
- 7 October 1967: One USAF F-105F (pilot Howard, WSO Shamblee);
- 18 November 1967: One USAF F-105F (pilot Dardeau, WSO Lenhoff);
- 20 November 1967: One USAF F-105D (pilot Butler);
- 3 February 1968: One USAF F-102A (pilot Wiggins);
- 7 May 1968: One USN F-4B (pilot Christensen, RIO Kramer);
- December 1968: Two USAF AQM-34 unmanned aerial vehicles.
See also
References
- Gordon, Yefim "MiG-21" ISBN 978 1 85780 257 3
- Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 1
- Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 2