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UN Operations in Congo, 1961

Air-to-Ground Victories

Date Unit Aircraft Pilot Place Victim Result Country
5.12.1961 No. 5 Sq. Canberra Gautam, P. Elizabethville Airfield Fouga Magiste destroyed KAF
5.12.1961 No. 5 Sq. Canberra Suares, A. I. K. Elizabethville Airfield Dornier Do.28 destroyed KAF
5.12.1961 No. 5 Sq. Canberra Suares, A. I. K. Elizabethville Airfield Dornier Do.28 destroyed KAF
5.12.1961 No. 5 Sq. Canberra Suares, A. I. K. Elizabethville Airfield Douglas DC-3 destroyed KAF
5.12.1961 No. 5 Sq. Canberra Suares, A. I. K. Elizabethville Airfield Douglas DC-4 destroyed KAF
5.12.1961 No. 5 Sq. Canberra Suares, A. I. K. Elizabethville Airfield De Havilland Dove destroyed KAF

Comments:
KAF: Katangan Air Force.

Canberra B.Mk.(I)58

English Electri Canberra B.Mk.(I)58, Organisation Nations-Unies de Congo - ONUC
(IAF, 5 Sqn "Tuskers").


Sources & Literature
  1. Indian Air Force Combat Kills UN Ops in Congo 1961, Combat Related Aircraft Kills of the Indian Air Force, Bharat Rakshak :: Indian Air Force, http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Misc/Kill1961.html.

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