A quick whizz to some of the relics.
B-52 museum
The remains of a B-52D that was shot down are the feature exhibit of the B-52 museum. This could be 56-0605 shot down 27-Dec-1972
MiG-21bis 5236 marked as ‘5033’
Huu Tiep Lake
Huu Tiep Lake and the B-52. Opinion would appear to be that this is a B-52D 56-0608 callsign ROSE01 shot down by a SAM on 18-Dec-1972.
We didn’t go in, but I hope they don’t sell napalm cocktails etc…..
Vietnamese Air Force Museum
153001 F-4B
The US reports suggest that 153001 is a F-4H Phantom and it caught fire after firing its own Zuni rockets, rather than being shot down. Crew ejected ok.
Mi-4 wearing serial 5951D, possibly 159D but some databases have it as 151D. Either way, the plaque suggests that it was Uncle Ho’s personal transport.
MiG-21PFM 5020
02103 AN-2
Mi-6 7609
Plaque describes that Mig-21PFM 5020 shot down an F-4E on 5/7/72 over Ha Bac at close range, flew through the wreckage, stalling the engine, before recovering.
Excerpt from Mig-21 Units of The Vietnam War available from Osprey Publications
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Newly moved to the position previously occupied by a L-29 (judging from new concrete and old signage) is Douglas A-1H Skyraider 132/139723
MiG-21PFL 4326
This would appear to be a Cessna U-17B wreck
another view of A-1H 132
MiG-21MF 5159 wearing serial of 5121
TL-1 serial 01
L-29 743
HL-2 87-03
J-5 (MiG-17F) 2047. Nguyen Van Bay flew this plane when he damaged the destroyer USS Oklahoma City on April 19 1972.
Mi-24A 7430
F-6 (MiG-19) 6058
Mig-21PFM 5020: this aircraft shot down two F-4s on 5-July-1972
Cessna U-17B 764
Zlin 226 101
Ka-25BSh 7511
J-5 2011, together with 2047 attacked the USS Higbee and USS Oklahoma City on 19-Apr-1972, the first attack on US ships since World War II.
UH-1A 027
F-5A 7579
Cessna A-37B 0475
A wide and varied display of parts of US aircraft shot down during the war.
In a room on the lower floor of the exhibition building is this Mig-21 front end that defied identification
Vietnam aircraft xmas 2015 