Operation Linebacker II
type: SocietalEvent
type: Event
type: Q1656682
type: Thing
label: 라인배커2 작전 @ko
label: Opération Linebacker II @fr
label: Операция «Linebacker II» @ru
label: غارات ديسمبر @ar
label: Operação Linebacker II @pt
label: Obráid Linebacker II (Cogadh Vítneam, 1972) @ga
label: Operació Linebacker II @ca
label: Operazione Linebacker II @it
label: 空中奠边府大捷 @zh
label: Operación Linebacker II @es
subject: Category:United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
subject: Category:1972 building bombings
subject: Category:Attacks during Christmas celebrations
subject: Category:Military campaigns involving the United States
subject: Category:Attacks on schools in the 1970s
subject: Category:Campaigns of the Vietnam War
subject: Category:Strategic bombing conducted by the United States
subject: Category:Aerial operations and battles of the Vietnam War
subject: Category:Strategic bombing operations and battles
subject: Category:Building bombings in Vietnam
subject: Category:Wartime hospital bombings in Asia
subject: Category:Attacks on hospitals during the Vietnam War
subject: Category:School bombings in Asia
subject: Category:Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1972
subject: Category:December 1972 events in Asia
commander: Lê Văn Tri (born 1920)
commander: Phùng Thế Tài
commander: John C. Meyer
commander: Damon W. Cooper
commander: Văn Tiến Dũng
commander: John W. Vogt Jr.
combatant: *Air Defence – Air Force Service
combatant: *Naval Service
combatant: *Marines
combatant: *Air Force
combatant: *Navy
strength: 14 tactical air groups consisting of 1,077 aircraft of all types from 3 air bases and 6aircraft carrier
strength: 197 to 207 strategic bombersB-52,
strength: 14SA-2batteries
strength: AA gun units
strength: (266SA-2missiles were launched during the operation)
strength: 100+ aircraft (including 31MiG-21s and 16MiG-17s fighters)
is part of military conflict: Vietnam War
place: North Vietnam
place: Thái Nguyên
place: Bắc Giang
place: Lạng Giang district
place: Haiphong
combatant: * Air Defence – Air Force Service * Naval Service
combatant: * Air Force * Navy * Marines
result: Both sides claim victory
conflict: Operation Linebacker II
partof: the Vietnam War
date: 1972-12-29
place: Hanoi
causalties: 4 B-52s suffered heavy damage
causalties: 5 B-52s suffered medium damage
causalties: 43 killed in action
causalties: 12 tactical aircraft shot down
causalties: 49 taken prisoner
causalties: 15 B-52s shot down
causalties: U.S. claim:
causalties: (including 34 B-52s and 5 F-111s; this includes two B-52s shot down by MiG-21 fighters)
causalties: 81 aircraft shot down
causalties: PAVN claim:
casualties: U.S. claim:
casualties: -21.0
casualties: PAVN claim:
casualties: -52.0
description: Campaña de bombardeos masivos de Estados Unidos sobre Vietnam del Norte en diciembre de 1972 @es
description: 1972 USAF strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam
description: стратегическая бомбардировка ВВС США Северного Вьетнама в 1972 году @ru