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Colonel Tomb, also Nguyen Toon (Nguyễn Tuân) or Colonel Toon was a mythical North Vietnam Air Force fighter ace loosely based on a North Vietnamese pilot from the 921st Fighter Regiment named Nguyen Van Coc. Tomb allegedly shot down 13 American aircraft during the Vietnam War. According to legend, he was killed in action on May 10, 1972, by the U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom crew of pilot Lt. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and radar operator Lt.(jg) William "Irish" Driscoll. It was later revealed by historians that there had been no such colonel in the North Vietnam forces.

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  • Colonel Tomb, also Nguyen Toon (Nguyễn Tuân) or Colonel Toon was a mythical North Vietnam Air Force fighter ace loosely based on a North Vietnamese pilot from the 921st Fighter Regiment named Nguyen Van Coc. Tomb allegedly shot down 13 American aircraft during the Vietnam War. According to legend, he was killed in action on May 10, 1972, by the U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom crew of pilot Lt. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and radar operator Lt.(jg) William "Irish" Driscoll. It was later revealed by historians that there had been no such colonel in the North Vietnam forces. The name "Colonel Tomb" rose to prominence among U.S. Navy aviators during the latter part of the war. Photos of a North Vietnamese MiG-17 with the tail number 3020 bearing numerous red victory stars contributed to the rumor, and was occasionally identified as the Colonel's aircraft. However, it was normal practice in the Vietnamese People's Air Force to add victory stars to an aircraft for all claims in the aircraft, regardless of the pilot flying it. A photo of a MiG-21, with tail number 4326, was reported in a Vietnamese official magazine to have been flown by at least nine different airmen. This aircraft also had numerous red victory stars. Six of its pilots received the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces". Information on Toon/Tomb's life and career was never published by the North Vietnamese, nor did they release a photo of him. MiG-17 number 3020 was confirmed shot down and destroyed, on May 10, 1972, by Cunningham and Driscoll following a protracted air fight. Much of the information the U.S. obtained about the North Vietnamese air force came from radio signals intelligence or "SigInt", which monitored enemy radio transmissions. Though Tuân is a Vietnamese name, Toon and Tomb are not. It is likely that a name similar in sound to Tomb was used as a radio callsign, and was responsible for the creation of the story of a Colonel Tomb. Complex psychological factors have also contributed to the creation of the story of the epic aerial duel against the alleged high-ranking Vietnamese fighter ace and his demise. (en)
  • グエン・トーン(Nguyen Toon)は、架空の北ベトナム空軍の撃墜王。単にトーン大佐(Colonel Toon)とも呼ばれたほか、墓場を意味するトゥーム(Tomb)の名でも呼ばれた。語られるところによると、ベトナム戦争中に13機のアメリカ機を撃墜し、1972年5月10日にアメリカ海軍所属のF-4戦闘機によって撃墜され戦死したとされる。このF-4戦闘機に搭乗していたのはパイロットの大尉とレーダー手の中尉である。 (ja)
  • Il colonnello Toon (citato anche come colonnello Tomb o Nguyen Toon, ossia: Nguyễn Tuân; ... – cielo del Vietnam del Nord, 10 maggio 1972), fu un mitico pilota di caccia nordvietnamita e asso dell'aviazione che avrebbe abbattuto 13 aerei americani durante la guerra del Vietnam. Secondo la leggenda sarebbe stato ucciso in azione dopo essere stato abbattuto col suo MiG-17F “Fresco C” in un duello aereo contro l'equipaggio dell’F-4J “Phantom II” della US Navy, pilotato dal tenente di vascello e dal sottotenente di vascello , suo operatore radar. (it)
  • Полковник Тун (также Полковник Томб, Полковник Тон, Полковник Нгуен Тун; вьетн. Đại tá Toon) — персонаж городской легенды северовьетнамский военный лётчик-ас, якобы служивший в ВВС Северного Вьетнама и сбивший тринадцать американских самолётов во время войны во Вьетнаме. Если верить легенде, он был сбит 10 мая 1972 года самолётом ВМС США F-4 Phantom II, которым управляли лейтенанты Рэнди «Дюк» Каннингем (пилот) и Уильям «Айриш» Дрисколл (штурман). (ru)
  • 墳上校(英語:Colonel Tomb),是一位存在於傳說中的越南人民軍空軍(北越空軍)王牌飛行員,據稱於越南戰爭期間擊落了13架美軍飛機。 美國人亦將此人音譯為「尊上校」(Colonel Toon),依「Toon」的英語諧音字「墳」(tomb)和使美軍飛行員命喪其下的戰績所成的雙關。 傳聞中指出他在1972年5月10日時,被美國海軍的F-4幽靈戰鬥機擊落而陣亡。然而此人實為虛構人物。 (zh)
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  • "I could see a Gomer leather helmet, Gomer goggles, Gomer scarf...and his intent Gomer expression... I began to feel numb. My stomach grabbed at me in knots. There was no fear in this guy's eyes as we zoomed some 8000 feet straight up." (en)
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  • グエン・トーン(Nguyen Toon)は、架空の北ベトナム空軍の撃墜王。単にトーン大佐(Colonel Toon)とも呼ばれたほか、墓場を意味するトゥーム(Tomb)の名でも呼ばれた。語られるところによると、ベトナム戦争中に13機のアメリカ機を撃墜し、1972年5月10日にアメリカ海軍所属のF-4戦闘機によって撃墜され戦死したとされる。このF-4戦闘機に搭乗していたのはパイロットの大尉とレーダー手の中尉である。 (ja)
  • Il colonnello Toon (citato anche come colonnello Tomb o Nguyen Toon, ossia: Nguyễn Tuân; ... – cielo del Vietnam del Nord, 10 maggio 1972), fu un mitico pilota di caccia nordvietnamita e asso dell'aviazione che avrebbe abbattuto 13 aerei americani durante la guerra del Vietnam. Secondo la leggenda sarebbe stato ucciso in azione dopo essere stato abbattuto col suo MiG-17F “Fresco C” in un duello aereo contro l'equipaggio dell’F-4J “Phantom II” della US Navy, pilotato dal tenente di vascello e dal sottotenente di vascello , suo operatore radar. (it)
  • Полковник Тун (также Полковник Томб, Полковник Тон, Полковник Нгуен Тун; вьетн. Đại tá Toon) — персонаж городской легенды северовьетнамский военный лётчик-ас, якобы служивший в ВВС Северного Вьетнама и сбивший тринадцать американских самолётов во время войны во Вьетнаме. Если верить легенде, он был сбит 10 мая 1972 года самолётом ВМС США F-4 Phantom II, которым управляли лейтенанты Рэнди «Дюк» Каннингем (пилот) и Уильям «Айриш» Дрисколл (штурман). (ru)
  • 墳上校(英語:Colonel Tomb),是一位存在於傳說中的越南人民軍空軍(北越空軍)王牌飛行員,據稱於越南戰爭期間擊落了13架美軍飛機。 美國人亦將此人音譯為「尊上校」(Colonel Toon),依「Toon」的英語諧音字「墳」(tomb)和使美軍飛行員命喪其下的戰績所成的雙關。 傳聞中指出他在1972年5月10日時,被美國海軍的F-4幽靈戰鬥機擊落而陣亡。然而此人實為虛構人物。 (zh)
  • Colonel Tomb, also Nguyen Toon (Nguyễn Tuân) or Colonel Toon was a mythical North Vietnam Air Force fighter ace loosely based on a North Vietnamese pilot from the 921st Fighter Regiment named Nguyen Van Coc. Tomb allegedly shot down 13 American aircraft during the Vietnam War. According to legend, he was killed in action on May 10, 1972, by the U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom crew of pilot Lt. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and radar operator Lt.(jg) William "Irish" Driscoll. It was later revealed by historians that there had been no such colonel in the North Vietnam forces. (en)
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  • Colonel Tomb (en)
  • Colonnello Toon (it)
  • グエン・トーン (ja)
  • Полковник Тун (ru)
  • 墳上校 (zh)
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