On the 22nd, over 100 bombs from a B-52 hit the Bach Mai Hospital in the southern suburbs of Hanoi, obliterating the building and killing 28 doctors, nurses and pharmacists and wounding …

Apr 23, 2023 · On December 27, 1972, during Operation Linebacker II, a US B-52 bomber was shot down by North Vietnamese forces and crashed into Huu Tiep Lake in Hanoi. The event …

On the night of December 27, 1972 during the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” campaign, an American B-52 bomber was shot down by Vietnamese soldiers and part of it landed where it …

Dec 24, 2012 · The biggest ever bombing campaign by US B-52 aircraft took place over Christmas 40 years ago, when the US dropped at least 20,000 tonnes of explosives on North …

May 24, 2016 · In retaliation, North Vietnamese forces launched more than 1,200 missiles and shot down fifteen B-52 bombers, capturing 31 crewmen and killing many more. An artifact from …

Nov 18, 2013 · The night skies over Hanoi pulsate with the roar of U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers and the fiery trails of North Vietnamese surface-to-air missiles hurtling toward them.

The B-52 crashed in the middle of Huu Tiep lake and have been lying for more than 40 years that makes what the rest of the aircraft shot down by the Vietnamese Air Force looks like an iron …

Jan 26, 2016 · Just seconds before a B-52 released its bombs over North Vietnam, the crew found itself in the bulls eye of a surface to air missile traveling at 2,400 mph

Jan 4, 2023 · Completely surprised and blinded, Hanoi’s Air Defense Command aimed its anti-aircraft artillery fire along the routes and altitudes used by B-52s during the Linebacker I …

Oct 5, 2016 · The B-52, that resides in Huu Tiep Lake (now nicknamed B-52 Lake), was part of the “Christmas Bombing” campaigns, officially known as Operation Linebacker II, designed to …