Phạm Tuân Autograph
Phạm Tuân ( born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos Research Cosmonaut. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. More about Phạm Tuân
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Phạm Tuân was born in Kiến Xương, Thái Bình province in northern Vietnam. Joining the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) in 1965 initially as a radar mechanic student in 1965, Tuân was then selected for pilot training as a commissioned officer, graduating at the Krasnodar Flight School in the Soviet Union as a MiG-17 pilot in 1967, then moved-up for training in the MiG-21, and becoming assigned to the VPAF 910th Air Training Regiment from 1968–69 while participating in developing night-time interception techniques against U.S. air raids, and then attached with the 923rd Fighter Regiment from 1969–70, finally with the 921st Fighter Regiment from 1970–73.
On the nights of 18-27 December 1972, during Operation Linebacker II (also referred to as the Christmas Bombings), then-Major Phạm engaged USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers at least a dozen times. On the 27th, Phạm was able to get close to a B-52 formation at supersonic-speed in his MiG-21MF (#5121), and fire a pair of missiles in the sub-4km range, visually identifying and reporting that his missile(s) struck the B-52D, causing it to go down in flames over the border of Hoa Binh–Vinh Phuc provinces. This claim, which would be the only B-52 ever downed in air-to-air combat, is disputed by U.S. records, which claims that this B-52 was downed by a surface-to-air missile as with all other B-52s shot down during the war. In a book named "Hà Nội - Điện Biên Phủ trên không" (Hanoi - the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the air) by Nguyễn Minh Tâm, published by Nhà xuất bản Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam (Viet Nam People's Army Publishing House), the author affirms that Phạm Tuân shot down the B-52 with two K-13 air-to-air missiles within a range of 4 kilometers. Read even more about Phạm Tuân at Wikipedia
On the nights of 18-27 December 1972, during Operation Linebacker II (also referred to as the Christmas Bombings), then-Major Phạm engaged USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers at least a dozen times. On the 27th, Phạm was able to get close to a B-52 formation at supersonic-speed in his MiG-21MF (#5121), and fire a pair of missiles in the sub-4km range, visually identifying and reporting that his missile(s) struck the B-52D, causing it to go down in flames over the border of Hoa Binh–Vinh Phuc provinces. This claim, which would be the only B-52 ever downed in air-to-air combat, is disputed by U.S. records, which claims that this B-52 was downed by a surface-to-air missile as with all other B-52s shot down during the war. In a book named "Hà Nội - Điện Biên Phủ trên không" (Hanoi - the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the air) by Nguyễn Minh Tâm, published by Nhà xuất bản Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam (Viet Nam People's Army Publishing House), the author affirms that Phạm Tuân shot down the B-52 with two K-13 air-to-air missiles within a range of 4 kilometers. Read even more about Phạm Tuân at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Phạm Tuân
The most expensive item with a signature of Phạm Tuân (PHAM TUAN ~ 1ST ASIAN IN SPACE ~ VIETNAMESE ~ SIGNED COLOR 4.5X7.5 PHOTO~ NICE) was sold in August 2016 for $100.00 while the cheapest item (GAGARIN's Cover Signed / PHAM TUAN - VIETNAM !!) found a new owner for $8.00 in May 2011. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2011 with an average selling price of $8.00 for an autographed item of Phạm Tuân. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2016 with $100.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $8.00 was December 2010. In average, an autographed item from Phạm Tuân is worth $20.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Phạm Tuân were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | GAGARIN's Cover Signed / PHAM TUAN - VIETNAM !! | $8.00 | |
| GAGARIN's Cover Signed / PHAM TUAN - VIETNAM !! | $8.00 | |
| GAGARIN's Cover Signed / PHAM TUAN - VIETNAM !! | $8.00 | |
| Gorbatko, Pham Tuân, Popov & Ryumin- Signed Russian Space Cover (Cosmonauts) | $20.00 | |
| Pham Tuan signed 6-1/2x 4-1/4 photograph N. Vietnam Cosmonaut | $34.97 | |
| PHAM TUAN ~ 1ST ASIAN IN SPACE ~ VIETNAMESE ~ SIGNED COLOR 4.5X7.5 PHOTO~ NICE | $100.00 | |
| Phạm Tuân signed 5-1/2x 4 photograph Vietnam Cosmonaut | $29.95 | |
| RARE Hand signed 4x6 of FIRST Vietnamese Cosmonaut Pham Tuan Soyuz-37 | $15.50 | |
| Russia/Vietnam cover Space signed Pham Tuan 23.7.80 | $24.00 | |
| Russia/Vietnam cover Space signed Pham Tuan, Gorbatko 24.7.80 | $24.00 | |
| Soyuz 37 Crew signed 7x 9 Photo Viktor Gorbatko, Pham Tuân, Bykovsky & Liem | $49.95 | |
| USSR Cosmonauts Gorbatko and Pham Tuan Soyuz-37 Signed Autographed Photo | $19.99 | |
| USSR Russia cover signed Soyuz 37/36 Vietnam Cosmonaut Phạm Tuân etc 1980 | $30.00 | |
| USSR Russia Soyuz 37 launch cover signed Vietnam Cosmonaut Phạm Tuân etc 1980 | $30.00 | |
| Viktor Gorbatko & Pham Tuan - Soyuz 37 - Autographed Commemorative Postal Cover | $18.39 | |