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B52's are easy to shoot down, the Veitnamese knocked a bunch out of the sky.
The all-inclusive list of 103 B52s lost comes directly from the Boeing Company attrition files. Covering the period covered from 1956 through June of 1994. 19 B52s were lost in combat, all due to hits from SA-2 ground to air missiles. 86 B52s were non-combat losses. Approximately 50 of the 86 were lost between 1965 and 1973 during the Vietnam War era. Approximately seven B52s were lost while attempting to reach North Vietnam on combat missions. They were lost due to various factors such as mid-air collisions enroute to targets. These missions are described below.
vietnamwarpows.com