Pham Phu Quoc
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Lieutenant Phạm Phú Quốc (1935 - 1965) was a French-trained South Vietnamese flying ace in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force,[1] best known for being one of two mutinous pilots involved in the 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing on February 27, 1962, which aimed to assassinate President Ngo Dinh Diem and his immediate family, who were his political advisers.
His plan failed, and he was imprisoned until 1963, after Diem's assassination. The coup plotters released him and reinstated his rank.
In 1965, he was shot down during a bombing raid over North Vietnam. The popular songwriter Pham Duy wrote a song to eulogize him, named "Huyền Sử Ca Một Người Mang Tên Quốc" ("Epic of a Man Named Quốc").
[edit] References
- ^ “Durable Diem”, Time Magazine, March 9, 1962, <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939947-2,00.html>
