Nguyễn Đăng Kính

Nguyễn Đăng Kính (born 1941 in Nam Định Province) was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force who flew with the 921st Fighter Regiment from 1965-1972, becoming a deputy commander of the newly established 927th FR from 1972-75, and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with six kills.^[1]^[2]

The following list of victories include the kills credited to him by the VPAF:^[3]^[4]^[5]

21 July 1966, a USAF Firebee/Lightning Bug unmanned aerial vehicle drone;
05 December 1966, USAF F-105D Thunderchief (pilot Begley, KIA);
8 November 1967, an American F-4 Phantom II (pilot Gordon, WSO Brenneman);
19 November 1967, a USAF EB-66 (shared kill with Vũ Ngọc Đỉnh);
3 January 1968, a USAF F-105D (pilot Bean);
14 January 1968, a USAF EB-66C (pilots Mercer and Terrell + 5) (shared kill with Dong Van Song);
3 March 1968, a USAF EB-66 (shared kill with a pilot named "Thanh");^[6]
21 September 1968, a USAF Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
26 October 1968, an F-4 Phantom II (US-side does not confirm).

References

^ Gordon, Yefim MiG-21, Midland Publishing 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-257-3
^ "Hành Thiện - "Địa linh" sinh "nhân kiệt"". Báo Nam Định. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 1
^ Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 2
^ Toperczer, 2015, pp. 99, 196.
^ US Losses in the Vietnam War 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine

Toperczer, Istvan (2001). MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-263-6.
Toperczer, Istvan (2015). MiG Aces of the Vietnam War. USA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-4895-2.