BIAFRA
Nigerian Civil War
Air-to-Ground Victories
| Date | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Place | Victim | Result | Country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10.7.1967 | BAF | RB-26P | Zumbach, J. | Makurdi airfield | "several" DC-3 | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19.8.1967 | BAF | unknown | Kano airfield | "several" MiG-17 | destroyed | NAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20.8.1967 | BAF | unknown | Kano airfield | "several" MiG-17 | destroyed | NAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | Port Harcourt airf. | MiG-17F NAF620 |
dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | Port Harcourt airf. | MiG-17F | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | Port Harcourt airf. | Il-28 | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(**) | Benin City airf. | MiG-17F | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(**) | Benin City airf. | Il-28(+) | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | Haglund, G. | Enugu airfield | MiG-17F | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | Lang, M. | Enugu airfield | MiG-17F | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | Enugu airfield | MiG-17F | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.5.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | Enugu airfield | Il-28(++) | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | helicopter airf. | helicopter | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | helicopter airf. | helicopter | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(*) | helicopter airf. | helicopter | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10.10.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Bebibg City airf. | MiG-17F | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.10.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Bebibg City airf. | DC-4 | destroyed | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.11.1969 | BAF | AT-6 Harvard | unknown(#) | DC-4 | destroyed | NAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.11.1969 | BAF | AT-6 Harvard | unknown(#) | MiG-17F | damaged | NAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.11.1969 | BAF | AT-6 Harvard | unknown(#) | L-29 Delfín | damaged | NAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | MiG-17F | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | MiG-17F | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | MiG-17F | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | DC-1 | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | DC-4 | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | Do-27 | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | e/a | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.11.1969 | MFI Sq. | MFI-9 | unknown(***) | Port Hacourt airf. | e/a | dam./dest. | NAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments:
| (*): | Carl-Gustaf Ericsson von Rosen (Sw), Gunnar Haglund (Sw), Martin Lang (Sw), Willy Murray-Bruce (Biaf), Augustus Opke (Biaf). | |
| (**): | Carl-Gustaf Ericsson von Rosen (Sw), Gunnar Haglund (Sw), Martin Lang (Sw), Augustus Opke (Biaf). | |
| (***): | Friedrich Merz (Ger), Ibi Brown (Biaf), Alex Agbufane (Biaf), "Benny" (Biaf). | |
| (#): | Portugal mercenary. | |
| (+): | In fact Douglas DC-4. | |
| (++): | In fact Douglas RB-26P Invader destroyed in 1967. | |
| BAF: | Biafran Air Force. | |
| NAF: | Nigerian Air Force. |
SAAB MFI-9 MiniCOIN, Biafran Air Force.
SAAB MFI-9 MiniCOIN, Biafran Air Force.
North American AT-6 Texan/Harvard, Biafran Air Force, Uga airfield, October 1969.
Douglas RB-26P Invader, Biafran Air Force, Enugu airfield, August 1967.
Mikojan-Gurjevič MiG-17F Fresco, Nigerian Air Force.
Mikojan-Gurjevič MiG-17F Fresco, Nigerian Air Force.
Iljušin Il-28 Beagle, Nigerian Air Force.
Sources & Literature
- Researcher Håkan Gustavsson.
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- "Biafran Babies", A Noble Swede: From Relief to Raid, http://www.kwenu.com/biafra/biafran_babies.htm.
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