A blog from colleague 'HavanaLuanda' who compiled this list of Cuban and Soviet pilots killed in Angola after the downing of their aircraft.
With your help, we can correct any inaccurate or misleading information, or add any new details you might have. Allowing us to reach a more definitive version of these casualties of war.
1. MIG-21 MF. 1976 ? Crashed by a hydraulic failure?
2. 1977 or 1978 AN-26 Cuango? Felled by an arrow (COM) of UNITA
3. May 17 1978 MI-8-T Negage 13 Lt. Emilio González Rivas. Downed by small arms
4. August 6 1980 Matala 29 YAK-40 mistakenly shot down by Cuban TCAA own.
Soviet pilots and crew
5. March 15, 1981 MIG-21 MF Cabinda - Leonel Ponce Mayor Torriente. Antiaircraft missile. Rescued.
6. May 2, 1981 MIG-21 MF Lubango - Cap. Carlos Benitez Estacio
7. June 11, 1981 MIG-21 MF Mulondo - Lt. Danacio Valdes. Felled by Mirage F-1CZ, Maj. Johann Rankin
8. June 7, 1982 AN-26 Lubango - Cap. Osvaldo Lopez Terrero
9. August 12, 1982 MIG-21U Lubango "Pastrana and Merino
10. October 5, 1982 MIG-21 BIS Lubango - Lt. Raciel Marrero Rodriguez
11. October 5, 1982 MIG-21 BIS Lubango - Lt. Gilberto Ortiz Perez
12. November 6, 1982 MI-8T Cuango 11 Ch. Raul Vigo
13. December 8, 1982 MI-8T La Cuca 6 1er.Tte. Raul Vega
14. April 23, 1983 MIG-21 MF Lubango - Cap. Raul Fernandez Sanchez
15. August 8, 1983 MI-8T Cangamba 1 Mayor Policarpo Alvarez
16. August 21, 1983 MIG-21 R Luena - Cap. Chacon
17. October 2, 1983 MIG-21 Lubango 1 Cap. Andres Valle
18. October 20, 1983 MIG-21 PFM Luau - Lt. Cor. Henry Perez. Shot down by antiaircraft fire from UNITA. Pilot captured.
19. November 10, 1983 MIG-21 Lubango 1 Cap. Roberto Hernández Alvarez
20. December 29, 1983 MIG-21 BIS Lubango - Lt. Fidel Perez
21. December 29, 1983 MI-8T Luau 4 1er.Tte. Jesus Galindo Bacallao
22. January 12, 1984 MI-8T Huambo 5 Lt. Cor. Albizu
23. August 9, 1984 MIG-23 ML Luena - Cap. Peter Zequeira
24. August 9, 1984 MIG-23 ML Luena - Lt. Alberto Olivares Horta
25. August 9, 1984 MIG-23 UB Luena - Mayor Antonio Rojas Marrero
26. August 9, 1984 MIG-21 BIS Luena - Cap. Pausides Hechevarria
27. August 21, 1984 MIG-21 Lubango 1 1er.Cap. William Murphy
28. December 2, 1985 AN-26 Zaire - Cap. Rafael del Pino (Jr.) Forced Landing
29. March 12, 1985 MIG-23 ML Menongue - Cap. Lino Cabrera Viera
30. April 17, 1985 MIG-21 PFM Malange - Lt. Bullfighting Toledo Vila
31. July 31, 1985 MIG-21 BIS 1 1er.Tte Luanda. Sergio Herrera
32. September 5, 1985 AN-2 Gabela - Lt. Gilberto Machado Ibanez
33. November 24, 1985 MI-8T Alto Cuilo - Lt. Arcis Arcides Leon. Felled by Impala
34. November 9, 1985 MI-8T Lucusse - Lt. Sabino Ferreira Santos
35. July 7, 1986 MIG-21 BIS 1 1er.Tte Lubango. Raul Quiala
36. July 25, 1986 MIG-23 ML Menongue 1 Cap. Jorge Gonzalez Perez
37. September 13, 1986 MIG-23 ML Menongue 1 Cap. Joseph A. Garcia Flores
38. April 11, 1987 MI-8T Luena 3 Lt. Jesus Martinez Santos
39. October 24, 1987 MIG-23 ML? 1 Cap. Lorenzo Morales Ramos? Shot down by MANPADS (anti-aircraft force UNITA)
40. October 28, 1987 MIG-21 UM Luvuey - Lt. Cor. Manuel Rojas, Cap. Ramon Quesada Aguilar. Shot down by antiaircraft fire from UNITA. Captured.
41. November 25, 1987 MIG-21? ? No data.
42. November 29, 1987 MIG-23 ML Cuito? Felled by G-5 of the SADF.
43. November 29, 1987 MIG-23 ML Cuito? Felled by G-5 of the SADF.
44. November 29, 1987 MIG-23 ML Cuito? UNITA shot down by MANPADS
45. November 29, 1987 MIG-23 ML Cuito? UNITA shot down by MANPADS
46. December 12, 1987 MIG-21 Cuito? UNITA shot down by MANPADS
47. December 20, 1987 MI-8T Tempue 1 1er.Tte. Alejandro Diaz
48. January 14, 1988 MIG-23 ML Cuito - Cap. Francisco A. Doval. UNITA shot down by MANPADS.
49. January 19, 1988 SU-20 M? ? Felled by SADF
50. January 21, 1988 MIG-23 ML Menongue 1 Cap. Carlos Rodriguez Perez
51. February 5, 1988 MIG-21? ? Felled by SADF
52. February 5, 1988 MIG-21? ? Felled by SADF
53. February 15, 1988 MIG-23 ML Cuito 1 Cap. John P. Rodriguez
54. March 1st. 1988 MIG-23 ML? ? Felled by SADF
55. March 17, 1988 MIG-23 ML Cuito 1 Ernest Chavez
56. March 23, 1988 MIG-23 ML? ? Felled by SADF
57. April 27, 1988 AN-26 Cahama 26 shot down by Cuban TCAA own. Die Gen. Paco Cruz, Francisco Cruz Bourzac BG and a committee of senior officers who rode in the aircraft.
58. April 29, 1988 MIG-23 ML? ? The source (Tom Cooper) only indicates that the causes are unknown
59. June 5, 1988 MIG-21 Cuito? Felled by SADF G-5
60. June 5, 1988 MIG-21 Cuito? Felled by SADF G-5
61. June 27, 1988 MIG-23 ML? ? Felled by 20 mm SADF Ystervark
62. July 5, 1988 MIG-21? ? The causes
