Nguyễn Ngọc Độ was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. He flew with the 921st fighter regiment and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with six kills. The following kills are known to be credited to him by the VPAF: * 30 April 1967, a USAF F-105D (serial number 59-1726, 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, pilot R. Abbott); * 20 July 1967, an American F-4 Phantom II (shared kill with Phạm Thanh Ngân); * 16 September 1967, a USAF RF-101C (serial number 56-0180, 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, pilot Bagley).