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Vietnam War Aircraft Losses


willedoo

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Some interesting figures on United States aircraft numbers lost during the Vietnam War. Originally sourced from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_losses_of_the_Vietnam_War), the figures have been simplified to include aircraft from all four branches of service combined, and operational as well as combat losses. Variants are listed as the one type, eg. F-4 includes RF-4's; C-47 includes AC-47's, C-117's etc..

 

Fixed wing losses in descending order of numbers:

 

765 McDonnell F-4 Phantoms

 

476 Cessna O-1 Bird Dogs

 

382 Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs

 

373 Douglas A-4 Skyhawks

 

260 Douglas A-1 Skyraiders

 

243 North American F-100 Super Sabres

 

169 Vought F-8 Crusaders

 

106 Vought A-7D Corsairs

 

104 Cessna O-2 Skymasters

 

80 North American Rockwell OV-10 Broncos

 

65 Lockheed C-130 Hercules

 

64 Grumman A-6 Intruders

 

56 Martin B-57 Canberras

 

53 Fairchild C-123 Providers

 

43 Douglas C-47 Skytrains

 

39 McDonnell RF-101 Voodoos

 

31 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

 

27 North American RA-5 Vigilantes

 

23 North American T-28 Trojans

 

22 Douglas A-26 Invaders

 

22 Cessna A-37 Dragonflys

 

19 De Havilland Canada C-7 Caribous

 

14 Convair F-102 Delta Daggers

 

14 Lockheed F-104 Starfighters

 

14 Douglas E/RB-66 Destroyers

 

11 General Dynamics F-111 Aardvarks

 

9 Northrup F-5 Freedom Fighters

 

9 Douglas A-3 Skywarriors

 

8 Beechcraft QU-22 Pave Eagles

 

6 Fairchild AC-119 Stingers

 

5 Grumman OV-1 Mohawks

 

5 Douglas EF-10 Skynights

 

4 Lockheed P-2 Neptunes

 

4 Grumman C-1 Traders

 

4 Grumman S-2 Trackers

 

4 Grumman HU-16 Albatross

 

3 Grumman E-1 Tracers

 

3 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers

 

2 Lockheed P-3 Orions

 

2 Lockheed SR-71A Blackbirds

 

2 Lockheed EC-121 Batcats

 

2 Lockheed C-141 Starlifters

 

2 Grumman E-2 Hawkeyes

 

1 Lockheed C-5A Galaxy

 

1 Lockheed U-2C Dragon Lady

 

1 Grumman C-2 Greyhound

 

1 Grumman TF-9 Cougar

 

1 Cessna U-3B Blue Canoe

 

1 De Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver

 

1 Helio U-10D Courier

 

1 Boeing KB-50 Superfortress

 

Small numbers compared to WW2 losses, but still a lot of aircraft when the figures are condensed.

 

During the war, the United States had two pilot aces ( the other three aces were RIO's), and North Vietnam

 

claimed sixteen aces.

 

Cheers, Willie.

 

 

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