Ed Rasimus wrote:

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:24:42 -0400, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:


"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Anyone know?

Ten were lost over North Vietnam; another fourteen were lost outside North
Vietnamese territory, with seven of those counted as combat losses, and
sixteen others received "major damage" during raids against NV targets. One
was lost during ODS over the Indian Ocean either enroute to or returning
from a strike against Iraq.

Brooks

Actually, fifteen B-52s were lost over NVN during LB II. Another eight
crashed on recovery or in Thailand, Laos or the Gulf of Tonkin.

These were the only "losses to enemy action during the entire SEA war.
There were other losses on Arc Light missions, the most notorious
being the "circle-back" mid-air on the first missions.

A list of the Linebacker II losses can be found at
http://www.teleproductiongroup.com/1...ay-by-day.html

Which lists only fifteen a/c, but not all of those were "lost" over North
Vietnam, although they were all "hit" there. Offhand I only remember one other
a/c lost as a result of combat damage sustained over NVN, in October or maybe it
was November. I think there may have been one in 1973 as well, but that one
wasn't lost over NVN.

Guy