| John the OFM | 19 Jul 2014 8:56 a.m. PST |
I have the Military History Channel on as background noise while I do chores, and there is a cool show on about ferocious dogfighting over Hanoi.
The North Vietnamese pilots are no slouches. Did any of them become Aces, and were they publicized? I suppose I could Google it, but I like asking my buddies on TMP first.  |
 Legion 4  | 19 Jul 2014 8:58 a.m. PST |
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| LtJBSz | 19 Jul 2014 9:10 a.m. PST |
I think that the North Vietnamese had a dozen or so who claimed ace status, the top scorer had 9 or 10 kills. |
| Winston01 | 19 Jul 2014 9:15 a.m. PST |
When you say North Koreans does that include Soviet volunteers. I believe they had an ace but he was a so called volunteer from the Soviet Union. |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 19 Jul 2014 10:46 a.m. PST |
Huh. Turns out the NVA had several *aircraft* claiming ace status. Everyone in the cavalry knows that the horses are the brains of the outfit anyway. link |
| Onomarchos | 19 Jul 2014 10:47 a.m. PST |
The VPAF claimed sixteen aces. Nguyen Van Coc ( link ) was their ace of aces with nine kills … all in a Mig-21 of the 921st Regiment in the 1967-69 time-frame. Mark |
| fantail | 19 Jul 2014 10:52 a.m. PST |
The Air Aces home page lists 16 VPAF aces and 4 NKAF aces. |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Jul 2014 11:21 a.m. PST |
Maybe still hiding up their sleeves? Dan |
| Greywing | 19 Jul 2014 12:24 p.m. PST |
We can't let this topic pass without at least a mention of the infamous "Colonel Toon." Turns out he was mythical (or at least, that's the official line now), but it's a hell of a story. link |
| PHGamer | 22 Jul 2014 7:45 a.m. PST |
I worked with one man who was a mercenary pilot for North Vietnam. He didn't claim to be an ace though. See my write up. link |
| Pyrate Captain | 31 Jul 2014 4:52 p.m. PST |
I think the name of one was Toom. |
| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 31 Jul 2014 8:05 p.m. PST |
There were numerous Soviet aces in the Korean War, not certain how many were flying under North Korean colors. I have yet to see a mention about any North Korean aces. |
| Gulik23 | 07 Aug 2014 6:10 a.m. PST |
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struggles to complete his SISI truck force.