Starting with a couple of aircraft at the 'Cultural Center of Aviation' (Trung Tâm Van Hóa Hàng Không) close to the VPAF transport base of Gia Lam...
Across the Red River and on to the Vietnam Military History Museum, this is located alongside the over-200 year old Flag Tower of Hanoi...
Several Migs were seen in Hanoi with multiple 'kill-marks'. According to the sign "12 pilots flew this fighter in turn and brought down 14 US aircraft"...
This surreal 'sculpture' includes the remains of a Hellcat shot down in 1954. The photobombing butterfly seems so ironic...
Next stop was the B52 Victory Museum. This contains some of the remains of B-52D 56-0608 callsign "Rose 01" which was shot down by SA-2 SAM during the first night of Operation 'Linebacker II' on 18th December 1972. Two of the six crew were killed, with the remaining four POW's released three months later...
Before on to the famous 'B-52 Lake' (Huu Tiep Lake) nearby, which contains more remains of "Rose 01", left exactly where they came down...
Finally on to the main Air Force Museum (Bảo tàng Phòng không - Không Quân)...
A memorable first visit to Vietnam, the city tour was made possible with the invaluable help from experienced tour guide, Ms Nhung.
On departure, one final view of the 'Red Star' Fitters at home...
Final lot to come with some W&R from around Beijing.
Cheers, Kevin
