{"id":8407620,"date":"2026-08-01T09:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/son-tay-raid-1970-empty-pow-camp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:13:15","slug":"raid-de-son-tay-en-1970-camp-de-prisonniers-de-guerre-vide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/son-tay-raid-1970-empty-pow-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Son Tay : Le raid qui n&#039;a sauv\u00e9 personne"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Il s&#039;agissait de la mission de sauvetage la plus minutieusement pr\u00e9par\u00e9e de l&#039;histoire militaire am\u00e9ricaine moderne \u2014 et elle n&#039;a sauv\u00e9 personne. Dans l&#039;obscurit\u00e9 de l&#039;aube du 21 novembre 1970, une force de frappe conjointe de l&#039;arm\u00e9e de terre et de l&#039;arm\u00e9e de l&#039;air a p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9 de 37 kilom\u00e8tres en territoire nord-vietnamien, d\u00e9passant les d\u00e9fenses a\u00e9riennes les plus denses d&#039;Hano\u00ef, pour atteindre un petit camp de prisonniers appel\u00e9 Son Tay o\u00f9 l&#039;on pensait que des dizaines d&#039;Am\u00e9ricains mouraient de torture et de faim.<\/p><p>Tout s&#039;est d\u00e9roul\u00e9 comme pr\u00e9vu. Un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re a atterri en catastrophe dans la minuscule cour, ses pales arrachant des arbres de douze m\u00e8tres de haut. Les B\u00e9rets verts ont d\u00e9ferl\u00e9 et ont vid\u00e9 chaque bloc cellulaire en quelques minutes, prenant tout le monde par surprise. Puis sont venus les mots que personne n&#039;avait pr\u00e9par\u00e9s\u00a0: les cellules \u00e9taient vides. Les prisonniers avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9s des mois auparavant.<\/p><p>Les commandos rentr\u00e8rent chez eux dans un silence stup\u00e9fait, apr\u00e8s avoir men\u00e9 \u00e0 bien une op\u00e9ration parfaite pour rien. Pourtant, l&#039;histoire allait qualifier Son Tay d&#039;\u201c \u00e9chec r\u00e9ussi \u201d, car ce qui s&#039;\u00e9tait pass\u00e9 entre ces murs vides avait chang\u00e9 le destin de chaque prisonnier de guerre am\u00e9ricain au Nord-Vietnam.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#222\">Informations cl\u00e9s<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Date<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">21 novembre 1970 (t\u00f4t le matin)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Objectif<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Sauvetage de prisonniers de guerre am\u00e9ricains \u00e0 Son Tay, \u00e0 37 km \u00e0 l&#039;ouest d&#039;Hano\u00ef<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Commandants<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de brigade LeRoy Manor (g\u00e9n\u00e9ral) ; Colonel Arthur \u201c Bull \u201d Simons (terre)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">forces terrestres<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">56 Forces sp\u00e9ciales de l&#039;arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine (B\u00e9rets verts)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">A\u00e9ronef<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">H\u00e9licopt\u00e8res HH-3E et HH-53, MC-130 Combat Talons, A-1 Skyraiders, F-105 Wild Weasels, F-4 Phantoms<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">R\u00e9sultat<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Le camp a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9curis\u00e9 sans le moindre probl\u00e8me, mais les prisonniers de guerre avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9s des mois auparavant.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">victimes am\u00e9ricaines<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Aucun d\u00e9c\u00e8s\u00a0; deux bless\u00e9s l\u00e9gers. Un HH-3E a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truit intentionnellement\u00a0; un F-105G a \u00e9t\u00e9 abattu par un missile sol-air (l\u2019\u00e9quipage a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Temps pass\u00e9 au sol<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Environ 27 minutes<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Pourquoi ils ont tout risqu\u00e9<\/h2><p>En 1970, des centaines d&#039;Am\u00e9ricains \u00e9taient retenus captifs, souvent depuis des ann\u00e9es, et les services de renseignement faisaient \u00e9tat d&#039;un nombre croissant de d\u00e9c\u00e8s dus aux coups, \u00e0 la torture et \u00e0 la famine. Les missions de reconnaissance signalaient que le camp de Son Tay, sur la rivi\u00e8re Song Con, abritait une soixantaine de prisonniers n\u00e9cessitant une intervention urgente\u00a0; le chiffre initialement pr\u00e9vu \u00e9tait d&#039;environ 61, les estimations variant entre une cinquantaine et une soixantaine.<\/p><p>Le pr\u00e9sident Nixon souhaitait avoir le choix. La proposition du Pentagone \u00e9tait audacieuse\u00a0: d\u00e9barquer une force d\u2019assaut en territoire ennemi, nettoyer le camp et repartir avant qu\u2019Hano\u00ef ne puisse r\u00e9agir.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1015982760  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/son-tay-cia-model-barbara.jpg\" alt=\"Maquette de Barbara de la CIA du camp de Son Tay\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">La maquette \u201c\u00a0Barbara\u00a0\u201d de la CIA, utilis\u00e9e pour r\u00e9p\u00e9ter le raid jusqu&#039;au dernier b\u00e2timent. Arm\u00e9e de l&#039;air am\u00e9ricaine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Des mois de r\u00e9p\u00e9titions \u00e0 Eglin<\/h2><p>Les commandos se sont entra\u00een\u00e9s en secret sur la base a\u00e9rienne d&#039;Eglin, en Floride, \u00e0 l&#039;aide d&#039;une r\u00e9plique grandeur nature en tissu et en bois du camp et d&#039;une maquette d\u00e9taill\u00e9e de la CIA baptis\u00e9e \u201c Barbara \u201d. L&#039;\u00e9quipe au sol s&#039;est exerc\u00e9e \u00e0 entrer et \u00e0 nettoyer le camp factice des dizaines de fois, principalement de nuit.<\/p><p>Les \u00e9quipages a\u00e9riens ont accumul\u00e9 plus de mille heures de vol pour perfectionner un ballet a\u00e9rien d\u00e9licat : h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res, avions \u00e0 h\u00e9lices <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/aeronef\/a-1-skyraider\/\">A-1 Skyraiders<\/a> pour l&#039;appui a\u00e9rien rapproch\u00e9, des MC-130 Combat Talons en t\u00eate de formation, et, prot\u00e9geant le tout des d\u00e9fenses d&#039;Hanoi, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/aeronef\/f-105-thunderchief\/\">F-105 Belettes sauvages<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/aeronef\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantoms<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bhJdGP04dnE\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">Un documentaire comment\u00e9 sur l&#039;op\u00e9ration C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;agression qui a mal tourn\u00e9<\/h2><p>Arriv\u00e9s aux aurores, les hommes d&#039;assaut illumin\u00e8rent le camp \u00e0 l&#039;aide de fus\u00e9es \u00e9clairantes. Des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res de combat pilonn\u00e8rent les miradors\u00a0; un HH-3E s&#039;\u00e9crasa d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment dans la cour, se sacrifiant pour permettre \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9quipe d&#039;assaut de se d\u00e9ployer \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur des murs. Le plan pr\u00e9voyait pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment cela.<\/p><p>Un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re s&#039;est bri\u00e8vement pos\u00e9 pr\u00e8s d&#039;un complexe d&#039;apparence similaire, o\u00f9 les assaillants ont remport\u00e9 un violent \u00e9change de tirs \u2013 une \u00e9ventualit\u00e9 qu&#039;ils avaient simul\u00e9e. L&#039;effet de surprise \u00e9tait total. Aucun assaillant n&#039;a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201c Nous sommes Am\u00e9ricains. Baissez la t\u00eate. C&#039;est une op\u00e9ration de sauvetage. Nous sommes l\u00e0 pour vous sortir de l\u00e0. \u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Capitaine Richard \u201c Dick \u201d Meadows<\/strong> \u2014 Chef de l&#039;\u00e9quipe d&#039;assaut, \u00e0 son entr\u00e9e dans l&#039;enceinte<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1827060496  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/a-1e-skyraider-vietnam.jpg\" alt=\"Douglas A-1 Skyraider au-dessus du Vietnam\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Des A-1 Skyraiders ont assur\u00e9 l&#039;appui a\u00e9rien rapproch\u00e9 lors du raid, survolant le camp \u00e0 basse altitude. Arm\u00e9e de l&#039;air am\u00e9ricaine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Les cellules vides<\/h2><p>Cellule apr\u00e8s cellule, les \u00e9quipes de deux hommes annonc\u00e8rent le m\u00eame r\u00e9sultat\u00a0: aucun prisonnier. Les prisonniers de guerre avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9s des mois auparavant, probablement apr\u00e8s que des inondations eurent contamin\u00e9 les puits du camp, vers un autre site plus proche d\u2019Hano\u00ef. Les assaillants s\u2019\u00e9taient entra\u00een\u00e9s \u00e0 toute \u00e9ventualit\u00e9, sauf \u00e0 trouver une prison vide.<\/p><p>Au bout d&#039;une vingtaine de minutes, c&#039;\u00e9tait termin\u00e9. Les troupes se retir\u00e8rent et rentr\u00e8rent \u00e0 leurs bases, tous les hommes \u00e9taient sains et saufs, et toutes les cellules \u00e9taient vides derri\u00e8re elles.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SuA1Da_wCHA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">Comment les pillards sont arriv\u00e9s et ont trouv\u00e9 le camp vide.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;\u00e9chec qui a sauv\u00e9 des vies<\/h2><p>Bien que personne n&#039;ait \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9, le raid a contraint Hano\u00ef \u00e0 regrouper les prisonniers dispers\u00e9s dans des prisons centrales telles que le \u201c\u00a0Hanoi Hilton\u00a0\u201d. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis des mois, les hommes partageaient des cellules. Les conditions de d\u00e9tention se sont assouplies, le courrier et les colis ont recommenc\u00e9 \u00e0 arriver, et une vie carc\u00e9rale organis\u00e9e \u2013 cours, offices religieux, soins m\u00e9dicaux \u2013 a pu \u00eatre mise en place.<\/p><p>Avant tout, les prisonniers apprirent que leur pays avait risqu\u00e9 une frappe aux portes d&#039;Hano\u00ef pour les atteindre. Le moral remonta en fl\u00e8che. Le raid, pourtant parfait, n&#039;avait sauv\u00e9 personne et avait tout chang\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201c La tentative de sauvetage du Son Tay a dissip\u00e9 tous les doutes : nous n\u2019\u00e9tions pas oubli\u00e9s ; notre pays se souciait de nous. \u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Un prisonnier de guerre de l&#039;\u00e9poque de Son Tay rapatri\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 Rappel des effets du raid (NMUSAF)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FwES-3vNA1M\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">Un t\u00e9moignage direct d&#039;un des pillards de Son Tay.<\/p><p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#666;font-style:italic;margin-top:20px\">Sources : Wikip\u00e9dia (Op\u00e9ration C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire) ; Mus\u00e9e national de l&#039;US Air Force, \u201c Tentative de sauvetage : le raid de Son Tay \u201d ; CV Glines, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine (1995).<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Articles similaires<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/a-1-skyraider-sandy-csar-vietnam-bernard-fisher\/\">Il a atterri au milieu d&#039;une bataille<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-linebacker-ii-b52s-hanoi-1972\/\">Onze jours de No\u00ebl \u00e0 Hano\u00ef<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le raid de Son Tay a \u00e9t\u00e9 ex\u00e9cut\u00e9 sans la moindre erreur \u00e0 37 kilom\u00e8tres d&#039;Hano\u00ef en 1970 \u2014 mais toutes les cellules \u00e9taient vides. 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