Dogfights in Vietnam

Ed Rasimus wrote:

"Steve Langner" wrote:

Recommend you find Lou Drendel's " . . . and Kill MIGs," which gives
accounts of a number of dogfights by American fighter pilots, Air Force,
Navy, and Marine Corps. Included is a list of all air-to-air shootdowns
officially credited.

"Mike" wrote...

Did United States air and naval air forces actually engage in that
many Dogfights with North Vietamese aircraft during the Vietnam war ?

And might also refer to Marshall Michel's "Clashes" as well as Wayne
Thompson's "To Hanoi and Back" which offers some good statistical
summaries. From the other side there's also Toperczer, but as a US
participant I find his analysis a bit lop-sided.

In his account of Rolling Thunder (1994, Air Research
Publications), John T. Smith offers a chronological listing of A/A
claims by US fighter crews during the campaign. He says it was
compiled from material by Tillman, Francillion, and Drendle.


Billy

http://www.two--four.net/weblog.php

Guy Alcala wrote:

Could be, although I lean more towards "China." We know now that one Soviet pilot
trainer and his pupil in a two-seat MiG-21 got caught in the middle of an air raid,

I recall reading that Curt Dose's kill (over Kep ? He tagged
the guy just off the runway) caused the NV radio networks to go
berserk, I always wondered if that was the sort of thing that would
cause it.



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