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38: 114:, with tail number 4326, was reported in a Vietnamese official magazine to have been flown by at least nine different airmen. This aircraft also had numerous red victory stars. Six of its pilots received the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces". Information on Toon/Tomb's life and career was never published by the North Vietnamese, nor did they release a photo of him. MiG-17 number 3020 was confirmed shot down and destroyed, on May 10, 1972, by Cunningham and Driscoll following a protracted air fight. 224:"Atoll" missiles at their selected targets, had found their marks respectively against the F-4s of Lt. Cunningham/Lt.jg Driscoll and Cdr. Blackburn/Lt. Rudloff, and while Cunningham/Driscoll were able eject out at sea where they were rescued, Blackburn/Rudloff were seen to have successfully ejected from their stricken Phantom by the Americans, and while their parachutes were observed to have gone down over land, only Lt. Rudloff was ever on the 2493: 911:
aircraft, and no one in the flight saw any parachutes or received any emergency beeper signals. In August 1978 the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) unilaterally turned over the remains of Air Force Captain DENNIS EDWARD WILKINSON, the Weapons Systems Officer aboard the F-4E. The remains of Captain Harris were returned in 1997.
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On 10 May 1972, Captain Harris was flying his F-4E PHANTOM on a combat mission over North Vietnam when he was attacked by a MiG-19. The flight leader of the mission observed Captain Harris' aircraft burst into flames shortly before it crashed. There were no radio transmissions heard from the stricken
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Readers familiar with American military aviation may have heard of the legendary Vietnamese ace, Col. Toon (or Col. Tomb). Why is he not listed here? Because, he was precisely that, "legendary"... he was a figment of the American fighter pilots' imagination and ready room chatter. (In fairness to the
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Some sources have argued that the famous North Vietnamese flier was a complete fabrication. Hanoi propagandists supposedly conjured up the deadly ace to bolster morale on the home front or possibly to scare American pilots. Others claim that the mythical pilot wasn't a concoction of enemy publicists
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on 10 May 1972. Although outnumbered, the VPAF pilots attacked the strike-force, and in the ensuing melee, MiG-17 pilot Do Hang was shot down by AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles fired from Lt. Duke Cunningham/Lt.(jg) Willy Driscoll's F-4, and although the MiG-17 pilot Do Hang was able to eject, he was then
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Both crew were seen to eject and to land only about 100 yards apart. Lt Rudloff was temporarily blinded during the incident and was taken to the Hanoi Hilton but he had no further direct contact with his pilot... A report that Cdr Blackburn committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill circulated
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The existence of Colonel Toon in the mind of an American pilot may have provided a psychological comfort zone if a North Vietnamese pilot should out-fly him or, even worse, shoot him down... Why does this controversy – and others like it – continue to plague the memory of the Vietnam War? Possibly
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Peter B. Mersky F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War 1998 - Page 60 "The long-running discussion about whether the VPAF's top ace, 'Colonel Tomb', actually existed may at last have been resolved to an extent. There were several skilled VPAF pilots, and there appears to have been at least a dozen
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Air Power History 1995 -- Volumes 42-43 - Page 60 "Tactical number 4326 supposedly belonged to the infamous Col. Nguyen Toon (also known as Col. Tomb), and wore thirteen red stars on its nose. At times, Toon's existence has been questioned, for while he led the NVAF in kills, he trailed all
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I could see a Gomer leather helmet, Gomer goggles, Gomer scarf...and his intent Gomer expression," Cunningham writes in his book about the air war. "I began to feel numb. My stomach grabbed at me in knots. There was no fear in this guy's eyes as we zoomed some 8000 feet straight
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from American fighter/attack aircraft making strafing passes at him while descending underneath his parachute; two more MiG-17s were shot-down by the F-4s of Lt. Cunningham/Lt.(jg) Driscoll and Lt. Connelly III/Lt. Blonski, and pilot Tra Van Kiem was
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after the prisoners returned from Hanoi, but this seems fanciful and cannot be substantiated. His remains were handed over by the Vietnamese government on 10 April 1986 and positively identified in November of that year.
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The story of the epic aerial combat duel between North Vietnamese MiG-17 pilot Colonel Tomb and the American F-4 crew of Lt. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Lt.(jg) William P. Driscoll was popularly featured with
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The American aviators called their adversaries "Gomers," after the hapless TV character Gomer Pyle. Cunningham says he saw the pilot "...with his beady little Gomer eyes, Gomer hat, Gomer goggles, and Gomer
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with the tail number 3020 bearing numerous red victory stars contributed to the rumor, and was occasionally identified as the Colonel's aircraft. However, it was normal practice in the
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because losing a war is psychologically devastating... Toon may not exist, but what he represents as a way of dealing with the psychological trauma of warfare, is all too real.
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The re-enactments of the duel between the high-ranked Vietnamese MiG-17 fighter pilot and F-4 Phantom II crew of Lt. Cunningham and Lt.(jg) Driscoll on The History Channel's
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Americans, "Col. Toon" may have been shorthand for any good Vietnamese pilot, like any solo nighttime nuisance bomber in WW2 was called "Washing Machine Charlie.")
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in May 1972 proved to be especially bloody for both sides of the air war; four of the 923rd FR's MiG-17s were dispatched against a large strike-force of
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The MIG-21 N. 4324 of the Vietnam People's Air Force. This fighter aircraft, flown by various pilots, was credited with 14 kills during the Vietnam War.
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The remains of Cdr. Harry L. Blackburn were returned to the Americans on 10 April 1986 and positively identified as his later that year.
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The name "Colonel Tomb" rose to prominence among U.S. Navy aviators during the latter part of the war. Photos of a North Vietnamese
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Much of the information the U.S. obtained about the North Vietnamese air force came from radio signals intelligence or "
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to add victory stars to an aircraft for all claims in the aircraft, regardless of the pilot flying it. A photo of a
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Lt. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, describing his canopy-to-canopy encounter with Colonel Tomb in the pilot episode of
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The F-4s however, now flying about 10 km north of Hải Dương, were intercepted by a pair of
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attached to the VPAF's 923rd Fighter Regiment, and was flown by at least two of the six
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List of notable kills/losses of the air battles of this day in the Vietnam War.
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did what no Vietnamese fighter pilot could do; shoot down the F-4" o
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strafed to death while descending under parachute after ejection
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at all, but rather a figment of American pilots' imaginations.
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against the Phantoms; Vu Duc Hop and Le Thanh Dao each firing
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This article is about the mythical pilot. For the author, see
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Notable USAF/USN and VPAF losses/victories on 10 May 1972
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loosely based on a North Vietnamese pilot from the 921st
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2 kills (the MiG-17s of Do and Nguyen or Tra)/5 total
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Index

Nguyen Toon
Nguyễn Tuân

North Vietnam Air Force
fighter ace
Fighter
Nguyen Van Coc
American
Vietnam War
F-4 Phantom
Randy "Duke" Cunningham
radar
Lt.(jg) William "Irish" Driscoll
colonel
MiG-17
Vietnamese People's Air Force
MiG-21
SigInt
callsign
Shenyang J-5
VPAF's MiG-17 fighter aces
Nguyễn Văn Bảy
Lê Hải
Operation Linebacker
air interdiction
North Vietnam
A-6 Intruders
A-7 Corsairs IIs
Hải Dương
20mm gunfire

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