Showtime 100
by Philip West
Lieutenant Randy "Duke" Cunningham with his back-seater Willie Driscoll,
score the second of three air victories achieved during a single mission,
making them the only US Navy Aces of the Vietnam War. Flying their
F-4J Phantom II in a strike against the Haiphong railyards on May 10.
1972, Lt. Randy Cunningham and his RIO WIllie Driscoll were attacked
by a pair of MiG-17s as they left the target. WIthin seconds,
Cunningham dispatched one with a Sidewinder, and went looking for more.
With the F-4s outnumbered by MiG-17s and 21s, it was only moments before
two more MiGs fell to Cunningham's missiles, chalking up three victories
on the mission. With two previous kills to their credit, when
Cunningham and Driscoll make it back to the USS Constellation, they
had become the first Aces of the Vietnam War, and the US Navy's only
Aces of the conflict. Showtime 100 depicts the second of
Cunningham's victories that day.
Edition Size - 500 S/N:
Prints Size: 27" x 19 1/2"
Price: $95.00
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