willedoo Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 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.
TAA Student Pilot Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 Be interesting to know how many were due to enemy action and how many were accidents/shooting each other down/weather related.
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