Nguyen Tien Sam

The MiG-21F94 drove by Nguyen Tien Sam.

Nguyễn Tiến Sâm was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, he flew with the 921st fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with six kills.^[1]

Five of his six kills are known for certain:^[2][3]:

• 5 July 1972, a USAF F-4E (pilot Spencer, WSO Seek);
• 24 July 1972, a USAF F-4E (serial number 66-0369, 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron, pilot Hodnett, WSO Fallert);
• 29 July 1972, a USAF F-4E (serial number 66-0367, 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, pilot Kula, WSO Matsui);
• 12 September 1972, a USAF F-4E (pilot McMurray, WSO Zuberbuhler);
• 5 October 1972, a USAF F-4D (pilot Lewis, WSO Alpers).

See also

• List of Vietnam War flying aces

References

1. ^ Gordon, Yefim MiG-21, Midland Publishing 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-257-3
2. ^ Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 1
3. ^ Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 2

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Name	Nguyễn Tiến Sâm
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Short description	North Vietnamese fighter ace
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