CAMBODIA
Vietnam War
NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE Monirak, Sisowat 1 Aviation Royale Khmere
Comments:
- On 21 March 1964 two Cambodian T-28Ds surprised a VNAF O-1 inside the Khmer airspace. The Cambodian flight leader, captain (Prince) Sisowat Monirak took a position behind the South Vietnamese and shot it down two miles inside South Vietnamese territory, killing the Vietnamese pilot and the US observer. Despite Cambodian propaganda presenting Prince Monirak as a hero, Sihanouk ordered the AVRK in the future not to pursue intruding aircraft over the border.
North American T-28D Trojan, Cambodian Air Force - Aviation Royale Khmere (AVRK)
Sources & Literature
- Grandolini, Albert - Cooper, Tom - Troung: Cambodia, 1954 - 1999; Part 1, http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_410.shtml
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://jpgleize.club.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
