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Beautiful shot of an F-4E Phantom II at sunrise, heading North crossing the DMZ into North Vietnam. |
©
Don Logan
Unknown |
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The
469th Tactical Fighter Squadron was
assigned
to the 388th Tactical Fighter
Wing
on
During their time in theatre the 469th along with its fellow Squadrons of the 388th TFW accounted for 17 MiG's (388th aircrew flew whichever a/c were available, therefore squadron assignments in the table below relate to the aircrews not the aircraft) |
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F-4E
67-0379/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0392/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0287/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E 69-7267/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
66-0313/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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An
F-4E from one of the 469th sister squadrons 67-0284/JJ 34 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0283/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0316/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW on a chaff mission into the DMZ on April 7
1972. Don nearly got shot down on this mission!!
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0316 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0379/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
69-7551/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW tanking before heading North.
© Don Logan |
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F-4E
67-0301/JV 469 TFS,388 TFW
© Don Logan |
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Date
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Squadron
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Aircraft
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Serial
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Pilot
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WSO
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Weapon
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Shot
Down
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29Jun66
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421
TFS
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F-105D
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58-1156
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Tracy
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20mm
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MiG-17
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18Aug66
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34
TFS
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F-105D
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unknown
|
Blank
|
20mm
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MiG-17
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21Sep66
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421
TFS
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F-105D
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59-1766
|
Richter
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20mm
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MiG-17
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4Dec66
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469
TFS
|
F-105D
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60-0451
|
Dickey
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20mm
|
MiG-17
|
|
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13May67
|
44
TFS
|
F-105D
|
unknown
|
Seaver Jr.
|
20mm
|
MiG-17
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3Jun67
|
13
TFS
|
F-105D
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59-1728
|
Kuster Jr.
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20mm
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MiG-17
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3Jun67
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469
TFS
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F-105D
|
unknown
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Wiggins
|
AIM-9
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MiG-17
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23Aug67
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34
TFS
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F-105D
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61-0132
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Waldrop
III
|
unknown
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MiG-17
|
|
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6Jun72
|
469
TFS
|
F-4E
|
67-0296
|
Christiansen
|
Harden
|
AIM-9
|
MiG-21
|
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2Sep72
|
34
TFS
|
F-4E
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67-0392
|
Lucas
|
Malloy
|
AIM-7
|
MiG-19
|
|
12Sep72
|
35
TFS
|
F-4E
|
67-0275
|
Beckers
|
Griffen
|
AIM-9/20mm
|
MiG-21
|
|
12Sep72
|
35
TFS
|
F-4E
|
68-0468
|
Retterbush
|
Autrey
|
20mm
|
MiG-21
|
|
12Sep72
|
469
TFS
|
F-4D1
|
65-0608
|
Mahaffey
|
Shields
|
AIM-9
|
MiG-21
|
|
5Oct72
|
34
TFS
|
F-4E
|
68-0493
|
Coe
|
Webb
|
AIM-7
|
MiG-21
|
|
6Oct72
|
34
TFS
|
F-4E
|
66-0313
|
Clouser
|
Brunson
|
Ground Kill? shared
|
MiG-19
|
|
6Oct72
|
34
TFS
|
F-4E
|
67-0392
|
Barton
|
Watson
|
Ground Kill? shared
|
MiG-19
|
|
8Oct72
|
35
TFS
|
F-4E
|
67-0283
|
Retterbush
|
Jasperson
|
20mm
|
MiG-21
|
|
15Oct72
|
34
TFS
|
F-4E
|
67-0301
|
Holtz
|
Diehl
|
unknown
|
MiG-21
|
| 388 Tactical Fighter Wing, PACAF - Korat RTAFB 1968-1975 | ||||
| ZB | 6010 WWS | F-105F/G | 1/11/70 to 1/12/71 | |
| JB | 17 WWS | F-105G | 1/12/71 to 29/10/74 | Activated from aircraft of the 6010 WWS. Though officially changed earlier, the ZB tail codes remained on some 17 WWS F-105G aircraft through mid May 1972 |
| JC | 7 ACCS | EC-130E | 30/4/72 to 22/5/74 | Transferred to 375 TAW, remained at Korat until 31/3/75 |
| JE | 44 TFS | F-105D/F | 25/4/67 to 10/10/69 | Assigned from 18 TFW |
| JH | 3 TFS | A-7D | 15/3/73 to 22/12/75 | Was also noted with MB tail codes (a/c came from 354 TFW) |
| JJ | 34 TFS | F-105D/F | 15/1/68 to 7/5/69 | Attached from 347 TFW |
| F-4E | 7/5/69 to 1/10/74 | Deployed from Eglin as 40 TFS redesignated on arrival | ||
| F-4D | 1/10/74 to 23/12/75 | |||
| JV | 469 TFS | F-105D/F | 8/4/66 to 11/68 | |
| F-4E | 11/68 to 31/10/72 | Deployed from Eglin as 40 TFS redesignated on arrival | ||
| JW | 42 TEWS | EB-66C/E | 23/9/70 to 17/1/74 | Transferred from 355 TFW (RH) at Takhli RTAFB |
| WW | Det 1, 561 TFS | F-105G | 1/2/73 to 5/9/73 | Attached from 35 TFW. 561 TFS F-105G WW arrived at Korat in mid April 1972 and wore MD tail codes |
The majority of MiG Kill info was compiled from Colors & Markings MiG
Kill Markings from the Vietnam War by Kinzey/Leader and various other
sources.
Also thanks goes to Gary Retterbush, who cleared up the unknown weapon for
his kill on the 8th Oct 1972 -
'...the weapon for my second kill on 8 Oct 72 was also 20mm (96 rounds
total including the exciter/test burst)'
Most of the other info came from two excellent books...
The
388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat RTAFB 1972 by Don Logan
Tailcode by Pat Martin.
Both these books are available from their respective authors, Click on the books to go to their Websites
| Report:Peter
Greengrass Photos:Don Logan |
Photo Info
Don
took all these photos with either a Pentax Spotmatic II with a 50mm lens or
a Petri pocket 35mm full frame camera with a 45mm lens that cranked out to
photo taking position using a roller wheel on the top of the case. The camera
was about the size of a cigarette package and he always carried it in the
lower leg pocket of his flight suit. (He then transferred it to his g-suit).
