Nguyễn Đức Soát

Nguyễn Đức Soát
General Nguyễn Đức Soát in December 2007
Born	(1946-06-24) June 24, 1946 (age 78) Phú Xuyên, Hanoi, French Indochina
Allegiance	Vietnam
Service / branch	Vietnam People's Air Force
Years of service	1964 - present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People's Army
Battles / wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Hero of the People's Military Forces

Nguyễn Đức Soát (born June 24, 1946) was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, he flew with the 921st fighter regiment (later the 927th FR) and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with at least six kills.[1]

The following are at least six kills acknowledged and credited to him by the VPAF:[2][3][4]

• 13 March 1969, Ryan 147 Firebee/Lightning Bug drone;
• 23 May 1972, a USN A-7B (VA-93/USS Midway, pilot Barrett, KIA);
• 24 June 1972, a USAF F-4E (serial number 68-0315, 421st TFS, pilot Grant, WSO Beekman, POWs);
• 27 June 1972, a USAF F-4E (serial number 67-0248, 308th TFS, pilot Cerak, WSO Dingee, POWs);
• 30 July 1972, a USAF F-4D (serial number 66-7597, TFS, pilot Brooks, WSO McAdams, both rescued);
• 26 August 1972, a USMC F-4J (serial number 155811, VMFA-232, pilot Cordova, KIA, RIO Borders, rescued);
• 12 October 1972, a USAF F-4E (469th TFS/388th TFW, pilot Young, WSO Brunson, POWs).

He is now a lieutenant general and is the deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Army of Vietnam,[5] and is deputy chairman of the National Committee for Search and Rescue.[6]

See also

• List of Vietnam War flying aces
• Phạm Tuân

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
4. Toperczer, 2015, pp. 201.
5. "- Home Page".
6. http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/showarticle.php?num=02SOC230506 ^[dead link‍]

Bibliography

• Toperczer, Istvan (2015). MiG Aces of the Vietnam War. USA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-4895-2.