Which MiG-17 pilot shot down the most American planes in the world?

1. Which MiG-17 pilot shot down the most American planes in the world ?

• A

  Nguyen Van Coc

• B

  Pham Thanh Ngan

• C

  Pham Tuan

• D

  Nguyen Van Bay

  Hero Nguyen Van Bay - Colonel, MiG-17 pilot (from Lai Vung, Dong Thap ). He shot down 7 American planes and is recognized as the only pilot who used MiG-17 to shoot down the most American planes in the world.
  After the country's reunification, he was assigned to take over Can Tho Airport, participate in the operation of Tan Son Nhat and Bien Hoa Airports, and command missions in Cambodia. In September 2019, he passed away at the age of 83, after nearly a week of stroke treatment at Military Hospital 175 (HCMC).

2. What grade did Mr. Nguyen Van Bay finish?

• A

  Grade 3

  In 1953, when he was only 17 years old, Mr. Bay ran away from his wedding at his family's request to join the army and gather in the North, where he began learning to fly airplanes.
  However, to be able to learn to fly a plane, one must have completed grade 10/10 (equivalent to grade 12 today) while he had only completed grade 3. Therefore, Mr. Bay only had 7 days to complete the program of the remaining 7 classes.
  Later, Mr. Bay was gradually promoted to the rank of colonel and held many positions in the military such as: Commander of Air Force Regiment 937, Deputy Commander of Division 372, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  After completing pilot training in the Soviet Union, he returned home and began fighting in the air front.
  From 1965 to 1968, with the MiG-17 - the type of aircraft that the US military considered a "pile of rust", he shot down a total of 7 US aircraft, including two F-105s and five F-4s - all of which were much more modern than the MiG-17.

• B

  Grade 5

• C

  Grade 7

• D

  Grade 9

3. After retirement, what kind of life did Mr. Nguyen Van Bay choose?

• A

  Open a private airline company

• B

  Become a trainer

• C

  Back to the countryside to garden and live a simple life

  Mr. Nguyen Van Bay is one of 19 Vietnamese pilots who achieved the ACE rank. After retiring in 1990, Mr. Bay returned to his hometown in Hau Thanh hamlet, Tan Duong commune, Lai Vung district (Dong Thap) to grow vegetables, raise fish, and live a simple life.

• D

  Becoming a War Memoir Writer

4. What does ACE pilot mean?

• A

  Pilot shoots down 3 or more planes

• B

  Pilot shoots down 5 or more planes

  ACE pilot is a common term in military aviation used to refer to pilots who have shot down 5 or more enemy aircraft.
  The term flying ace or fighter ace originated in French. Before World War I, the term was popularized in the French press when referring to sports stars such as football players and cyclists.
  As early as World War I, around mid-1915, the French press began to describe the pilot Adolphe Pegoud as l'as, after he became the first pilot to shoot down five German planes. From then on, the term ace (as in French and ace in English) was used to refer to pilots who shot down enemy aircraft (excluding achievements such as sinking ships and destroying tanks).

• C

  Pilot shoots down 7 or more planes

• D

  Pilot shoots down 9 or more planes

5. How many elite pilots does the Vietnam Air Force have?

• A

  13

• B

  15

• C

  17

• D

  19

  The Vietnam Air Force has 19 ACE pilots (the Air Force Command determined the feat and recognized 3 more cases), namely:
  Nguyen Van Coc (MiG-21, shot down 9 enemy planes),
  Mai Van Cuong (MiG-21/ 8 units),
  Pham Thanh Ngan (MiG-21/ 8 units),
  Nguyen Hong Nhi (MiG-21/ 8 units,
  Dang Ngoc Ngu (MiG21/ 7 aircraft),
  Nguyen Van Bay (MiG-17/ 7 units),
  Nguyen Ngoc Do (MiG-21/ 6 units),
  Luu Huy Chao (MiG-17/ 6 units),
  Nguyen Nhat Chieu (MiG-17 and MiG-21/ 6 units),
  Le Thanh Dao (MiG-21/ 6 units),
  Vu Ngoc Dinh (MiG-21/ 6 units),
  Le Hai (MiG-17/ 6 units),
  Nguyen Dang Kinh (MiG-21/ 6 units),
  Nguyen Duc Soat (MiG-21/ 6 units),
  Nguyen Phi Hung (MiG-17/ 5 units),
  Vo Van Man (MiG-17/ 5 units),
  Nguyen Van Nghia (MiG-21/ 5 units),
  Nguyen Tien Sam (MiG-21/ 5 units),
  Le Quang Trung (MiG-17/5 units).
  All 19 Vietnamese ACE pilots were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces, 4 comrades were martyrs who died in air combat (Captain Dang Ngoc Ngu, Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Phi Hung, Senior Lieutenant Vo Van Man, Major Le Quang Trung).

Lam Hoang

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