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ascending to an altitude of 3,500m toward Ba Vi... we discovered the enemy
Phantoms and intercepted two aircraft in a pair, and I prepared to launch my missile, when another F-4 hit my MiG-21 and I had to eject immediately. While I was descending, a Phantom fired a burst from their cannon which made
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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
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