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As he parachutes to the ground, he looks back at the aircraft that hit him and realizes he wasn't shot down by a Vietnamese pilot, but by a Soviet instructor named "Ivan" or "Sidorov." "Phantom" Russian War Song
The pilot is shot down while flying a mission over North Vietnam. 💡 As he parachutes to the ground, he
The song tells the dramatic, fictionalized story of an American pilot during the Vietnam War. "Phantom" Russian War Song
In 1996, the band Chizh & Co included it on their album Erogeneous Zone . Their blues-rock arrangement turned the underground hit into a nationwide radio staple.
Before its professional recording, "Phantom" existed as part of the Soviet "soldier folklore" tradition.