366th Fighter Wing

Between 1966 and 1972, the Gunfighters logged 18 confirmed MiG kills in Vietnam. Upon the wing's returned to the United States in October 1972, Captain Lance P. Sijan, a 366th pilot shot down in 1967, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as a prisoner of war.

VF-24

While deployed aboard USS Bon Homme Richard (Carrier Air Wing Twenty One), Lieutenant Commander Bobby C. Lee and Lieutenant Phillip R. Wood became the first VF-24 pilots to shoot down MiG aircraft over North Vietnam on May 19, 1967,. The MiGs were shot downed with AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. Then on July 21, 1967, Commander Marion H. Issacks (XO) and Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Kirkwood made the 3rd and 4th MiG kills for their Squadron with 20 mm guns and Sidewinder missiles. The MiG-killing "Fighting Renegades" became one of the Navy's first "Ace" squadrons.^[1]

Charles B. DeBellevue

Roger Locher

Kills List

Date	Pilot	WSO	Aircraft	Unit Assigned	Tail Code	Call Sign	Location	Weapon	Kill
Aug 24, 1943	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Dreux, France		Fw 190
Sep 3, 1943	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			St-Germain, France		Fw 190
Nov 11, 1943	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Rheine, Germany		Fw 190
Nov 26, 1943	2	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Oldenburg, Germany		Me 110
Nov 29, 1943	2	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Bremen, Germany		Me 109
Dec 11, 1943	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Emden, Germany		Me 110
Jan 29, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Emden, Germany		Me 110
Jan 30, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Lingen, Germany		Me 410
Jan 30, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Lingen, Germany		Me 109
Feb 20, 1944	2	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Koblenz, Germany		Me 410
Feb 22, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Paderborn, Germany		Fw 190
Mar 16, 1944	2	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Nancy, France		Fw 190
Mar 27, 1944	2	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	56 FG Hq			Nantes, France		Me 109
May 8, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Celle, Germany		Me 109
May 22, 1944	3	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Höperhöfen, Germany		Fw 190
Jun 7, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Dreux, France		Me 109
Jun 7, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Dreux, France		Fw 190
Jun 12, 1944	2	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Évreux, France		Me 109
Jun 27, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Connantre, France		Me 109
Jul 5, 1944	1	Gabby Gabreski	P-47D	61 FS, 56 FG			Évreux, France		Me 109
WWII	Robin Olds
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WWII	Robin Olds
WWII	Robin Olds
Jul 5, 1951	1	Gabby Gabreski	F-86A	4 FIG			North Korea		MiG 15
Sep 2, 1951	1	Gabby Gabreski	F-86A	4 FIG			North Korea		MiG 15
Oct 2, 1951	1	Gabby Gabreski	F-86A	4 FIG			North Korea		MiG 15
Jan 11, 1952	1	Gabby Gabreski	F-86E	51 FIW			Dandong, China		MiG 15
Feb 20, 1952	0.5	Gabby Gabreski	F-86E	1 FIW			North Korea		MiG 15
Apr 1, 1952	1	Gabby Gabreski	F-86E	51 FIW			North Korea		MiG 15
Apr 13, 1952	1	Gabby Gabreski	F-86E	51 FIW			North Korea		MiG 15
Apr 9, 1965	Terence M. Murphy	Ronald Fegan	F-4B	VF-96					MIG-17 (Chinesse)
Jun 17, 1965	Louis Page	John C. Smith	F-4B	VF-21					MIG
Jun 12, 1966	CDR Harold L. Marr		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
Jun 21, 1966	LT Eugene J. Chancy		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
Jun 21, 1966	LTJG Philip V. Vampatella		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
Oct 9, 1966	CDR Richard M. Bellinger		F-8	VF-162					MiG-21
Date	PILOT	RIO	AIRCRAFT	UNIT	Tail Code	Call Sign	Location	WEAPON	VICTIM
Jan 2, 1967	Ralph Wetterhahn	J.Sharp	F-4C	555 TFS, 8 TFW	Olds 02			AIM-7	MIG-21
Jan 2, 1967	Walter Radeker II	J. Murray III	F-4C	555 TFS, 8 TFW	Olds ?			AIM-9	MIG-21
Jan 2, 1967	Robin Olds	C. Clifton	F-4C	555 TFS, 8 TFW	Olds ?			AIM-9	MIG-21
Jan 2, 1967	Everett T. Raspberry	R. Western	F-4C	555 TFS, 8 TFW	Ford 02			AIM-9	MIG-21
Jan 2, 1967	Philip P. Combies	L. Dutton	F-4C	433 TFS, 8 TFW	Rambler 04			AIM-7	MIG-21
Jan 2, 1967	John B. Stone	C. Dunnegan	F-4C	433 TFS, 8 TFW	Rambler 01			AIM-7	MIG-21
Jan 2, 1967	Lawrence Glynn Jr.	L. Cary	F-4C	433 TFS, 8 TFW	Rambler 02			AIM-7	MIG-21
Jan 6, 1967			F-4C	555 TFS, 8 TFW					MIG-21
Jan 6, 1967			F-4C	555 TFS, 8 TFW					MIG-21
May 1, 1967	CDR Marshall O. Wright		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
May 4, 1967	Robin Olds								MIG-21
May 18, 1967	Robin Olds								MIG-17
May 18, 1967	Robin Olds								MIG-17
May 19, 1967	CDR Paul H. Speer		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
May 19, 1967	LTJG Joseph M. Shea		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
May 19 1967	LCDR Bobby C. Lee		F-8	VF-24				AIM-9	MIG-17
May 19, 1967	LT Phillip R. Wood		F-8	VF-24				AIM-9	MIG-17
Jul 21, 1967	LCDR Marion H. Isaacks		F-8	VF-24				20mm Guns	MIG-17
Jul 21, 1967	LCDR Robert L. Kirkwood		F-8	VF-24				AIM-9	MIG-17
Jul 21, 1967	LCDR Ray G. Hubbard, Jr.		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
Dec 14, 1967	LT Richard E. Wyman		F-8	VF-162					MIG-17
Jun 26, 1968	CDR Lowell R. Myers		F-8	VF-51					MIG-21
Jul 9, 1968	LCDR John B. Nichols		F-8	VF-191					MIG-17
Jul 29, 1968	CDR Guy Cane		F-8	VF-53					MIG-17
Aug 1, 1968	LT Norman K. McCoy, Jr.		F-8	VF-51					MIG-21
Sep 19, 1968	LT Anthony J. Nargi		F-8	VF-111					MIG-21
Apr 22, 1972	LT Gerald D. Tucker		F-8	VF-211					MIG-17
Jan 19, 1972	Randy "Duke" Cunningham	William P. Driscoll	F-4J	VF-96		Showtime 112		AIM-9	MIG-21
May 8, 1972	Randy "Duke" Cunningham	William P. Driscoll	F-4J					AIM-9	MIG-17
May 10, 1972	Randy "Duke" Cunningham	William P. Driscoll	F-4J	VF-96		Showtime 100			MIG-17
May 10, 1972	Randy "Duke" Cunningham	William P. Driscoll	F-4J	VF-96		Showtime 100			MIG-17
May 10, 1972	Randy "Duke" Cunningham	William P. Driscoll	F-4J	VF-96		Showtime 100			MIG-17^[2]
May 10, 1972	Capt Richard S. Ritchie	Capt Charles B. DeBellevue	F-4D 66-7463		OY	Oyster 03		AIM-7	MIG-21
Jul 8, 1972	Capt R.S. Ritchie	Capt C.B. DeBellevue	F-4E 67-0362		ED	Paula 01		AIM-7	MIG-21
Jul 8, 1972	Capt R.S. Ritchie	Capt C.B. DeBellevue	F-4E 67-0362		ED	Paula 01		AIM-7	MIG-21
Aug 28, 1972	Capt. R.S. Ritchie	Capt C.B. DeBellevue	F-4D 66-7463		OY	Buick 01		AIM-7	MIG-21
Sep 9, 1972	Capt John A. Madden, Jr.	Capt C.B. DeBellevue	F-4D 66-0267		OY	Olds 01		AIM-9	MiG-19
Sep 9, 1972	Capt J.A. Madden, Jr.	Capt C.B. DeBellevue	F-4D 66-0267		OY	Olds 01		AIM-9	MiG-19

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F-84

In aerial combat, F-84 pilots were credited with eight MiG-15 kills against a Soviet-claimed loss of 64 aircraft. The total losses were 335 F-84D, E and G models.

References

Gabby Gabreski

SOURCES: Air Force Historical Study 85: USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II and Air Force Historical Study 81: USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, Korean War, Freeman 1993, pp. 272–273.

Pictures

Robin Olds beside F-4C Phantom *Scat XXVII* (1966-1967)

[1] VF-24 History

[2] ttp://acepilots.com/vietnam/cunningham.html

[3] ttp://acepilots.com/vietnam/olds_bolo.html

[4] ttps://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/fa/Timeline.htm

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