AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN DURING THE VIETNAM WAR BY USN/USMC PILOTS

AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN DURING THE VIETNAM WAR BY USN/USMC PILOTS

Date	Enemy Aircraft	Squardon	Aircraft	Weapon	Carrier	Service	Rank	Pilot	RIO/NFO	Note
17 Jun 1965	MiG-17	VF-21	F-4B	AIM-7	CVA 41	USN	CDR	Louis Page	LT John C. Smith, Jr.
17 Jun 1965	MiG-17	VF-21	F-4B	AIM-7	CVA 41	USN	LT	Jack E. D. Batson, Jr.	LCDR Robert B. Doremus
20 Jun 1965	MiG-17	VA-25	A-1H	Guns	CVA 41	USN	LT	Clinton B. Johnson		*
20 Jun 1965	MiG-17	VA-25	A-1H	Guns	CVA 41	USN	LTJG	Charles W. Hartman III		*
12 Jun 1966	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E	AIM-9D	CVA 19	USN	CDR	Harold L. Marr
21 Jun 1966	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E	Guns	CVA 19	USN	LT	Eugene J. Chancy
21 Jun 1966	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E	AIM-9D	CVA 19	USN	LTJG	Phillip V. Vampatella
13 Jul 1966	MiG-17	VF-161	F-4B	AIM-9D	CVA 64	USN	LT	William M. McGuigan	LTJG Robert M. Fowler
9 Oct 1966	MiG-21	VF-162	F-8E	AIM-9	CVA 34	USN	CDR	Richard M. Bellinger
9 Oct 1966	MiG-17	VA-176	A-1H	Guns	CVS 11	USN	LTJG	William T. Patton
20 Dec 1966	An-2	VF-114	F-4B	AIM-7E	CVA 63	USN	LT	Hugh D. Wisely	LTJG David L. Jordan
20 Dec 1966	An-2	VF-213	F-4B	AIM-7E	CVA 63	USN	LT	David A. McRae	ENS David N. Nichols
24 Apr 1967	MiG-17	VF-114	F-4B	AIM-9D	CVA 63	USN	LT	Hugh D. Wisely	LTJG Gareth L. Anderson
24 Apr 1967	MiG-17	VF-114	F-4B	AIM-9B	CVA 63	USN	LCDR	Charles E. Southwick	ENS James W. Laing
1 May 1967	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E	AIM-9D	CVA 31	USN	LCDR	Marshall O. Wright
1 May 1967	MiG-17	VA-76	A-4C	Zuni	CVA 31	USN	LCDR	Theodore R. Swartz
19 May 1967	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E	AIM-9D	CVA 31	USN	CDR	Paul H. Speer
19 May 1967	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E	AIM-9D	CVA 31	USN	LTJG	Joseph M. Shea
19 May 1967	MiG-17	VF-24	F-8C	AIM-9D	CVA 31	USN	LCDR	Bobby C. Lee
19 May 1967	MiG-17	VF-24	F-8C	AIM-9D	CVA 31	USN	LT	Phillip R. Wood
21 Jul 1967	MiG-17	VF-24	F-8C	AIM-9D	CVA 31	USN	CDR	Marion H. Isaacks
21 Jul 1967	MiG-17	VF-24	F-8C		CVA 31	USN	LCDR	Robert L. Kirkwood		**
21 Jul 1967	MiG-17	VF-211	F-8E		CVA 31	USN	LCDR	Ray G. Hubbard, Jr.		***
10 Aug 1967	MiG-21	VF-142	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LTJG	Guy H. Freeborn	ENS Robert J. Elliot
10 Aug 1967	MiG-21	VF-142	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LCDR	Robert C. Davis	LCDR Gayle O. Elie
26 Oct 1967	MiG-21	VF-143	F-4B	AIM-7	CVA 64	USN	LTJG	Robert P. Hickey, Jr.	LTJG Jeremy G. Morris
30 Oct 1967	MiG-17	VF-142	F-4B	AIM-7E	CVA 64	USN	LCDR	Eugene P. Lund	LTJG James R. Borst
14 Dec 1967	MiG-17	VF-162	F-8E	AIM-9D	CVA 34	USN	LT	Richard E. Wyman
17 Dec 1967	MiG-17	13 TFS	F-4D	AIM-4	432 TRW	USAF	1LT	John D. Ryan, Jr.	CAPT Doyle D. Baker USMC
26 Jun 1968	MiG-21	VF-51	F-8H	AIM-9	CVA 31	USN	CDR	Lowell R. Myers
9 Jul 1968	MiG-17	VF-191	F-8E		CVA 14	USN	LCDR	John B. Nichols III		**
10 Jul 1968	MiG-21	VF-33	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 66	USN	LT	Roy Cash, Jr.	LT Joseph E. Kain, Jr.
29 Jul 1968	MiG-17	VF-53	F-8E	AIM-9	CVA 31	USN	CDR	Guy Cane
1 Aug 1968	MiG-21	VF-51	F-8H	AIM-9	CVA 31	USN	LT	Norman K. McCoy
19 Sep 1968	MiG-21	VF-111	F-8C	AIM-9	CVS 11	USN	LT	Anthony J. Nargi
28 Mar 1970	MiG-21	VF-142	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Jereome E. Beaulier	LT Steven J. Barkley
19 Jan 1972	MiG-21	VF-96	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Randall H. Cunningham	LTJG William P. Driscoll
6 Mar 1972	MiG-17	VF-111	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 43	USN	LT	Gary L. Weigand	LTJG William Freckleton
6 May 1972	MiG-17	VF-51	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 43	USN	LCDR	Jerry B. Houston	LT Kevin T. Moore
6 May 1972	MiG-21	VF-114	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 63	USN	LT	Rorbert G. Hughes	LTJG Adolph J. Cruz
6 May 1972	MiG-21	VF-114	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 63	USN	LCDR	Kenneth W. Pettigrew	LTJG Michael J. McCabe
8 May 1972	MiG-17	VF-96	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Randall H. Cunningham	LTJG William P. Driscoll
10 May 1972	MiG-21	VF-92	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Curt Dose	LCDR James McDevitt
10 May 1972	2 MiG-17s	VF-96	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Matthew J. Connelly III	LT Thomas J. J. Blonski
10 May 1972	MiG-17	VF-51	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 43	USN	LT	Kenneth L. Cannon	LT Roy A. Morris, Jr.
10 May 1972	3 MiG-17s	VF-96	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Randall H. Cunningham	LTJG William P. Driscoll
10 May 1972	MiG-17	VF-96	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 64	USN	LT	Steven C. Shoemaker	LTJG Keith V. Crenswhaw
18 May 1972	MiG-19	VF-161	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 41	USN	LT	Henry A. Bartholomay	LT Oran R. Brown
18 May 1972	MiG-19	VF-161	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 41	USN	LT	Patrick E. Arwood	LT James M. Bell
23 May 1972	2 MiG-17s	VF-161	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 41	USN	LCDR	Ronald E. McKeown	LT John C. Ensch
11 Jun 1972	MiG-17	VF-51	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 43	USN	CDR	Foster S. Teague	LT Ralph M. Howell
11 Jun 1972	MiG-17	VF-51	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 43	USN	LT	Winston W. Copeland	LT Donald R. Bouchoux
21 Jun 1972	MiG-21	VF-31	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 60	USN	CDR	Samuel C. Flynn, Jr.	LT William H. John
10 Aug 1972	MiG-21	VF-103	F-4J	AIM-7E	CVA 60	USN	LCDR	Robert E. Tucker, Jr.	LTJG Stanley B. Edens
12 Aug 1972	MiG-21	58 TFS	F-4E	AIM-7	432 TRW	USMC	CAPT	Lawrence G. Richard	LCDR Michael J. Ettel USN
11 Sep 1972	MiG-21	VMFA-333	F-4J	AIM-9	CVA 66	USMC	MAJ	Lee T. Lassiter	CAPT John D. Cummings
28 Dec 1972	MiG-21	VF-142	F-4J	AIM-9	CVAN 65	USN	LTJG	Scott H. Davis	LTJG Goeffrey H. Ulrich
12 Jan 1973	MiG-17	VF-161	F-4B	AIM-9	CVA 41	USN	LT	Victor T. Kovaleski	LT James A. Wise

* These two pilots shared the credit for the shoot down of the MiG-17 and each were credited for only a half a shoot down.
** Shoot down involved use of missile (AIM-9) and guns.
*** Shoot down involved use of guns and Zuni rockets.

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