Lê Thanh Đạo
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Lê Thanh Đạo was a MiG-21
pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, he flew with the 927st fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War
fighter aces with six kills.
The following kills are known to be credited to him by the VPAF:
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek by Polish pilots due to...
pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, he flew with the 927st fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
fighter aces with six kills.
The following kills are known to be credited to him by the VPAF:
- 18 December 1971, a USAF F-4DF-4 Phantom IIThe McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable,...
(serial number 06-241, 555th Tactical Fighter Wing, pilot Johnson, WSO Vaughan); - 10 May 1972, a USN F-4J (pilot Blackburn, RIO Rudloff);
- 24 July 1972, a USAF F-4;
- 11 September 1972, a USAF F-4E (pilot Ratzlaff, WSO Heeren).