US AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR LOSSES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

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INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
US AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR
CIA TNTERNA', USE, ONLY ?SEG~ ~
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
Office of Current Intelligence
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office. of Current Intelligence
1 March 1966
Summary
1. The role of airpower in Southeast Asian mili-
tary operations has steadily increased since 1964.
To date more than 800,000 sorties have been flown
over North and South Vietnam, and Laos. As a whole,
losses have been light. Since 1964 the US has lost
326 manned aircraft in Southeast Asia--201 over North
Vietnam, 101: over South Vietnam, and 24 over Laos.
The ratio of losses to total sorties is less than
one per 2,000. In North Vietnam, however, the loss
rate is one per 275 sorties. During this period the
South Vietnamese Air force lost 32 fighter aircraft,
mostly in South Vietnam. Forty-four US drone recon-
naissance aircraft have been lost.
2. The majority of the aircraft lost over North
Vietnam--140--were downed by ground fire. Although
over 200 surface-to-air missiles have been fired, only
13 piloted aircraft and ten drones have been downed
by them. North Vietnamese fighters have accounted
for three others. The others were lost because of
damage or mechanical failure.
3. US air losses were heaviest between August
and November 1965 with an average of 25 aircraft per
month during that period. The heaviest losses were
inflicted on the F-105 Thunderchiefs and the Navy
A4 Skyhawks--61 for the former. and 39 for the latter.
Both of these aircraft are,used primarily as attack
fighter bombers and fly most of the sorties, which
average about 7,500 per month.
CIA INTERNM. "d^
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4. Nevertheless the US loss rate is not high.
To date about 55,000 sorties have been flown over
North Vietnam, for a loss rate of 1 per 275 sorties.
5. Over South Vietnam the percentage of air
losses is even less. Almost 725,000 sorties have
been over South Vietnam from January 1965 through
January 1966--almost 696,000 by US aircraft and over
25,000 by VNAF planes for an average of 50,000 sorties
a month. During this same period the US lost 101
aircraft in South Vietnam and the VNAF lost 23. This
is less than 1 per 2,000 of the total sorties flown.
Over Laos there were over 23,000 sorties flown during
the past year. Twenty-four US aircraft were lost.
6. Drone reconnaissance aircraft have suffered
the highest losses percentagewise. Of the 100 that
have been launched--44 have been lost of which 23
were downed by enemy action. The others were lost
because of mechanical. difficulty or other causes
not attributable to Communist action.
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LIST OF ANNEXES
1, US Aircraft Losses Over North Vietnam,
2. Status of US Pilots and Crews Downed Over North Vietnam.
3. Monthly Breakdown of US Air Losses and Sorties over North Vietnam.
4. US Aircraft Losses Over North Vietnam by Type and Cost of Individual
Aircraft.
fi Losses to SAMs Over North Vietnam,
,cones Lost to hostile Action in the Sino--DRV Theater.
'Mouth Vietnamese Air Force Losses Over North Vietnam - VNAF Sorties
by Month,
North Vietnamese MIG Losses,
9, T it Lc es, and Sorties in South Vietnam and Laos.
10. VNAF Air _.:.sses and Sorties in South Vietnam,
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ANNEX I
US Air Losses Over North Vietnam
CIA INTERNAl
TYPE NO. OF
ACFT AIRCRAFT
CAUSE
PILOT/CREW
Quang Khe
Dong Hoi
Chap Le
A4C
AIR
2
Groundfire
POW
KIA
KIA
POW
RES
RES
2 F100
4
I POW
2 F105
3 RES
14 Mar 65
Tiger Island
Lost at Sea
22 Mar 65
Vinh Son
MIA
26 Mar 65
Cap Mui Ron
1 A4E
3
RES
1 F8D
1 AIR
Bach Long
1 A4E
3
1 KIA
2 F8D
2 RES
AIR
1
KIA
3 Apr 65
Dong Phuong
A4
2
POW.
F100
KIA
4 Apr 65
Thanh Hoa
F105
3 1.Groundfire
2.MIG
KIA
5 Apr 65
Route 7
RES
6 Apr 65
A4C
1
KIA
8 Apr 65
F4B
1
Pilot and Ra-
dar op MIA
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NO
OF
DATE
LOCATION
ACFT
.
AIRCRAFT CAUSE PILOT/CREW
9 Apr 65
Tam Da
17 Apr 65
Route 8
F105
1
Crashed into
Hillside
KIA
20 Apr 65
20 Apr 65
A4C
1
Premature Bomb
Detonation
KIA
5 May 65
Vinh Linh
7 May 65
Thanh Hoa
8 May 65
V inh
KIA
RF8A
2
RES
9 May 65
F8D
1
Failed to pull
Out of Flak Run
KIA
17 May 65
Lao Border
F105
1
Flameout
RES
23 May 65
V inh
F105
1
Groundfire
RES
27 May 65
Vinh
F8D
1
KIA
31 May 65
Thanh Hoa
F105
1
POW
1 June 65
Vinh
RFSA
2
RES
KIA
2 A4
1 EA1F
3
KIA
8 June 65
Armed Recce
F105
1
RES
9 June 65
Chap Le
F4C
1
RES
10 June 65
Co Dinh
A1H
1
Failed to Pull
up From Flak Run
KIA
14 June 65
F105
1
Groundfire
POW
RES
POW
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DATE
LOCATION
TYPE NO. OF
ACFT AIRCRAFT
CAUSE PILOT/CREW
21 June 65
Route 8
1357
1
Unknown
MIA
23 June 65
Mu Gia
F105
1
Groundfire
RES
25 June 65
Thanh Hoa
A4C
1
Unknown
MIA
29 June 65
Son La
RF-101
I
Groundfire
KIA
2 July 65
Recce
F105
1
Fuel Starva-
t ion
RES
7 July 65
F105
1
Groundfire
POW
14 July 65
Ham Rong
A6A
1
POW
20 July 65
USS Independ-
RA5C
1
Crash Landing
KIA
ence
24 July 65
Lang Chi
40 Miles West
Of Hanoi
1 RES
3 POW
2 MIA
28 July 65
Over Water
F4B
1
Engine Failure
RES
2 Aug 65
Thank Hoa
F105
1
Groundfire
POW
3 Aug 65
V inh
F105
1
Groundfire
KIA
7 Aug 65
Dong Hoi
AiH
1
Groundfire
KIA
10 Aug 65
Vinh Tuy
F105
1
Engine fail
Rescued
10 Aug 65
S.E. Of Vinh,
Over Water
A]H
1
Unknown
11 Aug 65
Down At Sea
F105
1
Groundfire
Rescued
11 Aug 65
N.W. Thank Hoa
A4E
1
SAM
2 KIA
12 Aug 65
Near US Carrier
Coral Sea
A4E .
1
Groundfire
Rescued
13 Aug 65
No Chute Seen,
KIA
CIA INTERNNAAI..,..10 -I .
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TYPE
ACFT
NO. OF
AIRCRAFT
CAUSE
PILOT/CREW
13 Aug 65
At Sea, Off
Thanh Hoa
A4C
1
Groundfire
Rescued
13 Aug 65
At Sea, East
Of Vinh
F8A
1
Rescued
13 Aug 65
West Of Ninh
Binh
A4C
1
KIA
13 Aug 65
Unknown
13 Aug 65
Ditched Near Hon
Matt Is
AlH
1
24 Aug 65
West Of Ninh Binh F4B 1
SAM
Prob POW
24 Aug 65
North Of Vinh
A4C
1
Groundfire
POW
24 Aug 65
Central DRV
F105
1
Rescued
26 Aug 65
North Of 17th
Parallel
AiH
1
Unknown
28 Aug 65
Son La Area
F105
1
Prob POW
28 Aug 65
Son La Area
AlE
1
KIA
29 Aug 65
N.W. Of Vinh
F8A
1
KIA
29 Aug 65
West Of Phu To
F105
1
POW
31 Aug 65
N.W. Hanoi, 85
Miles
F105
1
West of Hanoi,
75 Miles
F105
1
Unknown
4 Sept 65
Tho Trung Hwy Br. F4C 1
KIA
5 Sept 65
S.E. Of Vinh
AlH
i
KIA
6 Sept 65
East of Dong Hoi
F105
1
Rescued
6 Sept 65
Rescued
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LOCATION
TYPE
ACFT
6 Sept 65
S.E. Of Thanh
Hoa At Sea
A4E
7 Sept 65
At Sea Off Cap
Mui Ron
F8A
8 Sept 65
N. Of Thanh Hoa
F8A
9 Sept 65
S.E. Of Vinh
A4E
10 Sept 65
S.E. Of Vinh
A4E
10 Sept 65
S.E. Of Vinh
AlE
13 Sept 65
North Of Dong
A4E
16 Sept 65
Vicinity Of
Thanh Hoa
F105
16 Sept 65
Thanh Hoa Area
F105
17 Sept 65
S.E. Of Na San
F105
17 Sept 65
Bach Long Vi
Island
A6A
20 Sept 65
Cua Nung Bridge
A4
20 Sept 65
Vicinity Hainan
Island
F104
20 Sept 65
Off Danang Over
Water
F104
20 Sept 65
Off Danang Over
Water
F104
20 Sept 65
Laos Border Area
F105
20 Sept 65
Vicinity Ha Tinh
F105
24 Sept 65
DMZ Area
F4C
27 Sept 65
N.E. Of Thanh
Hoa
F101
NO. OF
AIRCRAFT
CAUSE
PILOT/CREW
1
Groundfire
Rescued
1
Unknown
Unknown
1
Groundfire
KIA
1
1
KIA
1
Rescued
1
KIA
1
1
Prob POW
1
Prob KIA
1
1
KIA
1
1
MIG
POW
1
Collision
Rescued
1
Collision
Rescued
1
Unknown
KIA
1
Groundfire
Prob POW
1
Groundfire
Rescued
1
Groundfire
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DATE
LOCATION
TYPE NO. OF
ACFT AIRCRAFT
CAUSE
PILOT/CREW
28 Sept 65
West Of Vinh
AiH
1
Groundfire
. Prob KIA
30 Sept 65
Ninh Binh Br.
F4C
1
30 Sept 65
Ninh Binh Br.
F105
1
SAM
KIA
1 KIA
1 Oct 65
Vicinity Son La
F4C
1
Groundfire
1 POW
5 Oct 65
Isle Cac Ba
F8
1
SAM
Rescued
5 Oct 65
Vu Chua Br.
F105
1
Groundfire
MIA
5 Oct 65
Sino-DRV Border
F105
1
Poss MIG
Unknown
5 Oct 65
Thanh Hoa
F4C
1
Groundfire
MIA
5 Oct 65
Danang
F101
1
Crashed
Rescued
11 Oct 65
Vinh
A4
1
Groundfire
Rescued
13 Oct 65
East Of Dien
F105
1
Rescued
14 Oct 65
Bien Phu
Crashed Near
F81)
1
15 Oct 65
Carrier
Xom Lom Area
F105
1
it
Rescued
15 Oct 65
Xom Lom Area
F105
1
Unknown
MIA
16 Oct 65
Lost Contact
A5C
1
Unknown
MIA
17 Oct 65
Thai Nguyen
F4B
1
Groundfire
2 KIA
17 Oct 65
Thai Nguyen
F4B
1.
t'
2 MIA
17 Oct 65
Thai Nguyen
F4B
1
2 MIA
18 Oct 65
S. Of Vinh
F4C
1
Unknown
Unknown
19 Oct 65
Thanh Hoa
A4C
1
Unknown
KIA
22 Oct 65
Haiphong Area
F105
1
Groundfire
POW
25 Oct 65
Bach Long Vi
F4
1
Rescued
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DATE
LOCATION
PILOT/CREW
27 Oct 65
Near Laos Border F8E
1
SAM
POW
30 Oct 65
Phu To Area A4E
1
Groundfire
POW
31 Oct 65
Near Cac Ba F101
Island
1
Rescued
Ha Tinh Area A4E
1
3 Nov 65
Vicinity Of Na P105
San
1
''5":Nov 65
Vicinity Of Hai F105
Duong
1
SAM
KIA
:6 Nov 65
Vicinity Thanh AME
Hoa
1
Groundfire
Unknown
6 Nov 65
Thank Boa, Rescue H3
1
Groundfire
1 Rescued
3 KIA
6 Nov 65
Thanh Boa, H34
Rescue
1
At Sea Near Cap A1H
Mui Ron
1
Mechanical
12 Nov 65
Dong Hoi
POW
12 Nov 65
Dong Hoi H34
1
Rescued
12 Nov 65
Over Thailand F105
1
Refueling
KIA
16 .:Nov 65
Cac Ba Island F105
1
SAM
K IA
17 Nov 65
Hai Duong F8E
1
Groundfire
Rescued
17 Nov 65
Hai Duong A4E
1
"
MIA
17 Nov 65
Hai Duong A1H
1
"
KIA
17 Nov 65
Over Water F8E
1
Unknown
Rescued
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CIA INTERNAL
LOCATION
TYPE
ACFT
NO. OF
AIRCRAFT
CAUSE
PILOT/CREW
18 Nov 65
S. Of Thanh Hoa
At Sea
Aboard Carrier
F8E
F8E
I
Crash
Rescued
18 Nov 65
S.W. Of Vinh
F105
1
Unknown
Rescued
28 Nov 65
Near Phuong Dinh
F8
1
Groundfire
Rescued
23 Nov 65
Near Phuong Dinh
F8
1.
23 Nov 65
30 Nov 65
Landing On
FSE
1
Tail Hook
KIA
I Dec 65
Carrier
Hai Duong Br,
A4C
I
Groundfire
KIA
1 Dec 65
Cao Nung Bra
F105
1.
KIA
1 Dec 65
Lost At Sea
A1H
1
Oil Leak
Rescued
2 Dec 65
Vicinity of Vinh
F4B
2 Dec 65
Son
Cap Mui Ron
AUH
1
Unknown
KIA
2 Dec 65
Lost At Sea
F4B
1
Out Of Gas
Rescued
8 Dec 65
West Of Thanh Hoa F4B 1
Unknown
Unknown
8 Dec 65
Near Korat,
F105
1
Flameout
Rescued
15 Dec 65
Thailand
Uong Bi TPP
F105
I
Groundfire
Rescued
17 Dec 65
On Carrier Deck
A4
1
Crash
KIA
19 Dec 65
Uong Bi
A5C
I
Unknown
2 MIA
19 Dec 65
Crashed Thailand
F4C
1
SAM
2 Rescued
20 Dec 65
Vi Chua Dr.
F105
1
Unknown
Rescued
20 Dec 65
F100
1
Groundfire
2 MIA
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DATE
LOCATION
PI
LOT/CREW
20 Dec 65
Kep
2 KIA
21 Dec 65
S.E. Of Vinh
F105
1
Groundf ire
MIA
22 Dec 65
Haiphong Area
A6
1
SAM
MIA
22 Dec 65
Uong Bi TPP
A4C
1
Groundfire
POW
22 Dec 65
Uong Bi TPP
A4C
1
KIA
22 Dec 65
Uong Bi TPP
A5C
1
POW
23 Dec 65
Haiphong Area
A4
1
Unknown
22 Jan 66
Bach Long Vi
S2D
1
Rescued
26 Jan 66
N. Of Dong Iloi
F101
1
MIA
31 Jan 66
S.E. Of Vinh
F105
1
MIA
31 Jan 66
Dong Hoi Area
A4E
1
Rescued
31 Jan 66
Lost At Sea
F4B
1
Rescued
1 Feb 66
Dong Khe Area
A4C
1
KIA
3 Feb 66
N. Of Vinh
A5C
1
2 POW
7 Feb 66
Vinh Area
POW
9 Feb 66
Hoa
Rescued
10 Feb 66
S. Of Dong Hoi
AiH
1
Groundfire
18 Feb 66
Thanh Hoa Area
F4B
1
Nav Failure
MIA
,18 Feb 66
West Of Hoi Xuan
A6A
1
Dive-in
KIA
18 Feb 66
Near Mugia Pass
F105
1
Groundfire
Rescued
25 Feb 66
Vicinity of Vinh
RB66
1
Prob SAM
5 Rescued
1 Missing
La Trong Hwy
F105
Rescued
ET
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RE71
CIA INTERNA
DATE
TYPE NO. OF
LOCATION ACFT AIRCRAFT CAUSE PILOT/CREW
27 Feb 66
En route To NVN
F105
1 Fire After
Rescued
Over Thailand
Refuel
A4
1 Unknown
Unknown
I Mar 66
S.E. Of Thai
Binh
CIA INTERNAL _ S R??t'i1 1Y
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ANNEX 2
Killed in Action (KIA)
59
Prisoners of War (POW)
30
Missing in Action (MIA)
37
Rescued
87
*These figures are based on initial field reporting only and are
subject to error.
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US AIR LOSSES OVER NORTH VIETNAM:
BY MONTH
BY MONTH
August 64
2
August 64 U
nknown
February 65
4
February 65
198
March 65
March 65
768
April 65
12
April 65 2
860
May 65
May 65 4
217
June 65
June 65 3
841
July 65
July 65 6
122
August 65
23
August 65 7
211
September 65
27
September 65 8
218
October 65
22
October 65 8
012
November 65
26
November 65 7
301
December 65
19
December 65 5
743
January 66
5
January 66 2
132+
February 66
11
February 66 U
nknown
March 66
2
STRIKE FORCES
7,798
ARMED RECONNAISSANCE
18,062
SUPPORT (includes rescue)
30,763
TOTAL
56,623
A3-12
CIA INTERN4
ANNEX 3
56,623+
SE71
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ANNEX 4
US AIRCRAFT LOSSES BY TYPE
PRODUCTION COST OF US AIRCRAFT
A--1 Skyraider
23
282,830
A-4 Skyhawk
522,460
A-5 Vigilante
A-6 Intruder
5
8,208,120
Unknown
F-4 Phantom
2,095,490
F-8 Crusader
F-100 Super Saber
F-101 Voodoo
4
7
696,710
Unknown
Unknown
F-104 Starfighter
3
1,691,750
F-105 Thunderchief
61
2,499,310
B-57 Canberra
RB-66 Destroyer
1
1,508,750
Unknown
H-3
H-34 Choctaw
S-2 Tracker
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
TOTAL
A4-13
CIA INTERNAL R
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CIA INTERNI.-
ANNEX 5
Losses to SAMs Over North Vietnam
AIRCRAFT
DRONES
24 July 65
F-4 downed Hanoi area
26 July 65
12 Aug 65
A-4 downed S. of Hanoi
19 Sept 65
24 Aug 65
F-4 downed
18 Oct 65
30 Sept 65
F-105 site #23
20 Oct 65
5 Oct 65
F-8 east of Haiphong
5 Nov 65
27 Oct 65
F-8 west of Hanoi
22 Nov 65
5 Nov 65
F-105 near Than Hoa
20 Dec 65
16 Nov 65
F-105 near Haiphong
13 Jan 66
19 Dec 65
F-4 west of Hanoi
7 Feb 66
21 Dec 65
A-6 site #48
13 Feb 66
22 Dec 65
RA-5C near Hai Duong
9 Feb 66
A-4 site #42
25 Feb 66
RB-66 near Vinh (Probable)
SECRET
TOTAL......... 13
west of Hanoi
site #23
site #32
near Haiphong
site #23
near Phu To
site #31
site #41
site #4
near Thanh Hoa
From all evidence available it appears that there have been
210 surface-to-air missiles fired in North'Vietnam.
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ANNEX 6
Drones Lost to Hostile Action in the Sino-DRV Theater
15 November 64
2 January 65
13 March 65
31 March 65
3 April 65
18 April 65
21 June 65
26 July 65
21 August 65
19 September 65
18 October 65
20 October 65
5 November 65
22 November 65
20 December 65
24 December 65
1 January 66
3 January 66
4 January 66
13 January 66
7 February 66
7 February 66
13 February 66
Shot down over Gulf of Tonkin Chicom MIG
Shot down over North Vietnam by Chicom MIG
Possibly shot down near Hainan Island by Chicom MIG
Shot down near Lingshui by Chicom MIG
Shot down near Nanning by Chicom MIG
Shot down over North Vietnam by Chicom MIG
Lost, possibly shot down by Chicom MIG
Downed by SAM in Hanoi area, Soviet manned
Shot down near Hainan Island by Chicom MIG
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Shot down by Chicom MIG near Mengtzu
Shot down near Kep, possibly DRV MIG-21
Possibly damaged by Chicom MIG, failed to return
Downed over DRV, cause uncertain, possible MIG
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Shot down by Chicom MIG near Mengtzu
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
Downed by SAM over North Vietnam
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SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR LOSSES
OVER NORTH VIETNAM
February 65
1
February 65
60
March 65
2
March 65
123
April 65
4
April 65
103
September 65
2
May 65
118
TOTAL
9
June 65
108
July 65
83
August 65
40
September 65
21
October 65
10
November 65
11
December 65
43
January 66
February 66
Unknown
Unknown
TOTAL 720+
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17 June 65 MIG-17 2 US aircraft
20 June 65 MIG-17 1 US aircraft
10 July 65 MIG-17 2 US aircraft
7 February 66 MIG-21 1 Crashed
Three additional MIGs are believed to have been downed
by their own groundfire and SAMs.
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US Air Losses In South Vietnam And Laos
January 1965 - January 1966
SOUTH VIETNAM*
LOSSES
SORTIES
Jan
2
38,073
Feb
5
33,624
Mar
5
42,503
Apr
6
45,546
May
0
46,656
June
9
49,959
July
7
52,449
August
3
56,553
Sept
12
41,143
Oct
14
59,173
Nov
15
77,804
Dec
13
77,929
Jan
10
74,234
TOTAL
101
695,646
LAOS
LOSSES
SORTIES
Jan
2
214
Feb
1
364
Mar
0
671
Apr
4
1737
May
2
1245
June
2
838
July
2
1385
Aug
0
1002
Sept
1
1339
Oct
1
1396
Nov
1
1863
Dec
3
3942
Jan
5
7151
TOTAL
24
23,147
*Total sorties and losses include helicopter and
fixed wing aircraft,
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VNAF Losses In South Vietnam
LOSSES SORTIES
Jan 65 2 1,629
Feb 65 3 1,331
Mar 65 3 1,309
Apr 65 5 1,485.
May 65 4 1,322
Jun 6f 1 1,435
Jul 65 0 2,096
Aug 65 0 2,432
Sep 65 0 2,572
Oct 65 1 2,989
Nov 65 1 2,696
Dec 65 2 2,595
Jan 66 1 1,793
TOTAL 23 25,684
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