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Nguyễn Văn Cốc (1943- ) was a North Vietnamese MiG-21PFL fighter ace of the VPAF's (also known as the NVAF-North Vietnamese Air Force) 921st Fighter Regiment. Nine air to air combat kills of United States aircraft were credited to him during the Vietnam War. Of the nine aerial victories, seven of those losses have currently been acknowledged by the United States Air Force. While sometimes US forces may have attributed aircraft losses to surface-to-air missiles since it was considered "less embarrassing", in fact there was often doubt about cause of the loss. Coc also claimed an F-4 Phantom and F-105 Thunderchief in November and December 1967 but there are no corresponding American losses.
Air Combat Victories
The following air to air combat kills, while flying the MiG-21, have been credited to Van Coc by the VPAF (aka NVAF):
- 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);
- 9 October 1967: One USAF F-105D (pilot Clements);
- 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);
- 23 February 1968: One USAF F-4D (pilot Guttersen, WSO Donald);
- 7 May 1968: One USN F-4B (pilot Christensen, RIO Kramer);
- December 1969: Two USAF AQM-34 Firebees (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