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From: c34657b@saha.hut.fi (Tuomas Ilmari Viljanen)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Jet kills by prop planes
Keywords: Plastic modelers do it with skill
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.033242.19209@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Feb 91 03:32:42 GMT
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From: c34657b@saha.hut.fi (Tuomas Ilmari Viljanen)
Yes, that A-4 kill over a MiG-17 is indeed true.

The event has been described in Lou Drendel's book "...And Kill MiGs" (Squadron
Signal Publifications, 1984). It happened on 20.5.1965. Four Spads were bounced
by two Frescoes (NATO codename for MiG-17), who attempted to outmanouevre the
USN planes. One was shot down by the Spads and the other ran away.

The Skyraider MiG killers were Lts Clint Johnson and Charlie Hartman from VA-25
onboard USS Midway. The plane flown by Lt. Johnson is illustrated on page # 37.

The book (which is, by the way, a must for everyone interested in the 'Nam war)
should be available in any well-equipped hobby or aviation book store. Its pri-
ce is $8.95, which should be not too much for 80 pages full of photos and color
illustrations. BTW, did you know that one MiG-21 has been shot down by a B-52 !



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