US Navy & US Marine Corps Aircraft Losses Vietnam War 1962-73
v.1.0 March 31, 2002
With permission from Bluejacket.com
http://www.bluejacket.com/sea_stats.html
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F-4 |
38-7 |
(5.42-1) |
|
F-8 |
18-3 |
(6.00-1) |
Combat Losses in Flight USN/USMC
|
Aircraft |
# |
Aircraft |
# |
|
A-4/TA-4 |
257 |
KA-3/EA-3 |
6 |
|
F-4/RF-4 |
143 |
EF-10 |
4 |
|
F-8/RF-8 |
88 |
KC-130 |
3 |
|
A-6/EA-6 |
67 |
P-2/OP-2 |
3 |
|
A-7 |
55 |
O-1 |
2 |
|
A-1/EA-1 |
49 |
TF-9 |
1 |
|
RA-5 |
18 |
P-3 |
1 |
|
OV-10 |
13 |
S-2 |
1 |
|
Total Combat Losses |
711 |
|
|
Fixed Wing Losses SE Asia January 1962 – June 1973
|
|
In-Flight |
Ground |
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|
Combined |
Ops |
Total |
Combined |
Ops |
Total |
|
USN |
538 |
316 |
854 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
|
USMC |
173 |
75 |
248 |
18 |
5 |
23 |
|
USAF |
1606 |
461 |
2067 |
95 |
27 |
122 |
|
Subtotals |
2317 |
852 |
3169 |
113 |
57 |
170 |
|
Total |
3339 |
|
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Air-to-air Combat Losses
|
Enemy a/c shot down by USN/USMC |
# |
USN/USMC a/c shot down by MiGs |
# |
|
AN-2 |
2 |
A-1 |
1 |
|
MIG-17 |
39 |
KA-3B |
1 |
|
MIG-19 |
2 |
A-4C |
1 |
|
MIG-21 |
18 |
RA-5C |
1 |
|
|
|
A-6A |
2 |
|
|
|
F-4 B/J |
7 |
|
|
|
F-4 C/D/G |
0 |
|
|
|
F-8 C/D/E |
3 |
|
Totals |
61 |
|
16 |
Combat Sorties April 1964 – March 1973
|
|
South East Asia |
N Vietnam |
|
USN |
510,000 |
275,000 |
|
USMC |
320,000 |
27,000 |
|
Squadron |
Cruises |
Squadron |
Cruises |
|
A-4 |
107 |
A-7 |
24 |
|
F-4 |
84 |
E-2 |
24 |
|
F-8 |
57 |
A-3* |
13 |
|
A-6 |
56 |
EA-6 |
3 |
|
RA-5 |
31 |
|
|
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*Includes EA-3, KA-3, EKA-3 |
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USN |
USMC |
USAF |
|
N Vietnam |
82% |
17% |
39% |
|
S Vietnam |
5% |
71% |
33% |
|
Laos |
11% |
10% |
25% |
|
Other/Unknown |
2% |
2% |
3% |
|
|
USN |
USMC |
USAF |
|
AA |
37 |
14 |
26 |
|
Unknown |
25 |
33 |
16 |
|
Ground Fire |
18 |
50 |
47 |
|
Own Ordnance |
3 |
- |
1 |
|
SAM |
15 |
2 |
7 |
|
MIG |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Excludes Operational Causes
USN Fixed Wing In-flight Combat Losses
|
|
N Vietnam |
S Vietnam |
Laos |
Other |
Total |
|
A-1 |
36 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
48 |
|
A-4 |
172 |
4 |
16 |
3 |
195 |
|
A-6 |
38 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
51 |
|
A-7 |
39 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
55 |
|
F-4 |
64 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
75 |
|
F-8 |
54 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
58 |
|
Other* |
41 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
56 |
*A-3, RA-5, RF-8, EA-1, OV-10, P-2, P-3, S-2
USMC In-Flight Fixed Wing Combat Losses
|
|
N Vietnam |
S Vietnam |
Laos |
Other |
Total |
|
A-4/TA-4 |
7 |
51 |
4 |
0 |
62 |
|
A-6 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
|
F-4 |
7 |
47 |
11 |
0 |
65 |
|
F-8 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
|
Other* |
3 |
15 |
0 |
2 |
20 |