This aircraft is on display at the NMUSAF and holds the title of being the only F-105 "Triple Mig Killer". Does anyone have an accounting for each of it's 3 kills?
I haven't been able to find anything specific with regards to the 3 kills, linking dates and crews to the airframe.
The closest I've come is this:
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A note on 320 - this aircraft is the only Thud with three MiG kills (and none higher). 320 achieved all three kills while still an F-105F, carried the kills through its service as an F-105G, and still wears them today on display in the museum. Depending on who you ask, you'll hear a variety of interpretations of how those kills came about. My favorite: one kill was with a well-placed AIM-9B, the second with the 20mm cannon. The third is the most controversial, but as I understand it, 320 had a MiG-17 trapped at its six o'clock and the MiG was getting tracers close to the aircraft. The crew wasn't able to evade fast enough and the pilot pulled the emergency jettison handle to dump everything off the aircraft so he could clean up and bug out. Another F-105 was rolling in on the MiG about the time 320 punched off its externals and saw the centerline MER tumble off the underside of the scared Thud and right into the face of that MiG-17. Three kills! I don't particularly care if this is exactly accurate, but it was certainly good conversation at the Weasel bar at George AFB many moons ago...
Thanks in advance for any help.
Shay
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