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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Donald W. Bruch, Jr., 24, of Montclair, New Jersey, will be buried May 29 in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania. On April 29, 1966... Bruch was flying en route to attack a target north of Hanoi, Vietnam... witnesses saw Bruch's aircraft impact the ground, and no ejection or parachute was noted... on May 4, 1966, a military review board amended his status to deceased.
On April 29, 1966, his hand shot up to volunteer for a search and rescue mission in North Vietnam. A U.S. pilot had been shot down and Boston was among those going after him... Boston's Skyraider was packing the most advanced weapons of its time... he and another pilot were skimming treetops, searching near Quang Minh village in North Vietnam... North Vietnamese MiG fighter jets were stalking them. A Skyraider is a gutsy, powerful aircraft, but the turboprop was no match for a MiG... the kill shot came quickly. It's unclear whether it was cannon fire below or a MiG above... Boston's plane was blown into two pieces, the rear bursting into flames, and the front, where Boston was strapped in, crashing into the jungle. Neither Boston nor his aircraft were seen again.
24 Apr 1967: Following a strike against Kep Airfield, North Vietnam, two VF-114 Phantom IIs engaged two flights of North Vietnamese Mikoyan Gurevich (MiG)-17 Frescos pairs... two Phantom IIs shot down a pair of Frescos with AIM-9B Sidewinder air-to-air missiles: LT Hugh D. Wisely, and LT(jg) David L. Jordon; and Linfield 210 (BuNo 153000), LCDR Charles E. Southwick, and ENS James W. Laing (Linfield 210) however, experienced fuel exhaustion and ditched in the sea... both men being rescued by a Navy SAR helo. Also on that day, Buckeye 512, an A-6A (BuNo 152589), LT(JG) Lewis I. Williams, Jr., and LT(JG) Michael D. Christian, VA-85, was shot down by AAA over North Vietnam... Both men were captured, and did not return to the U.S. until 4 April 1973.
On September 16, 1966, a four-plane squadron headed from Ubon for a railroad bridge in the Red River Delta. Robertson's plane was in the number three position designated "Moonglow 3", and his systems operator on the flight was 1Lt. Hubert E. Buchanan. The squadron came under heavy fire, Robertson's plane was hit and went down. Buchanan successfully ejected, and was taken prisoner.
On April 29, 1967 F4 Phantom pilot 1LT Loren H. Torkelson and backseater 1LT George J. Pollin departed Da Nang Airbase on a strike escort mission over North Vietnam. Their aircraft was number two in a flight of four... Over the target, they encountered fire and took a hit... Torkelson's aircraft was seen to be hit by enemy fire, roll over, crash, and exploded. One partially opened parachute was seen by the crew of the lead aircraft.
{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)On June 29, 1966, Jones participated in the first bombing raid on the North Vietnam capital of Hanoi. He was on his third mission when he piloted his F-105 Thunderchief laden with 700-pound bombs over the heavily defended city. Before he could drop the payload, Jones took fire from rockets and anti-aircraft cannons. His plane was hit and on fire when he ejected over the outskirts of Hanoi at more than 600 mph at an altitude of only 300 feet.
His first assignment was as an F-4 pilot with the 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, from April 1965 to April 1966, and then deployed with the 389th to Phan Rang AB and then DaNang AB, South Vietnam, from April 1966, until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on April 29, 1967. After spending 2,137 days in captivity, Capt Torkelson was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973.
As the Phantoms retired towards the coast Lt Cdr Southwick discovered that he COULD NOT TRANSFER FUEL from the wing tank. Unable to reach a tanker in time, SOUTHWICK AND LAING EJECTED OVER THE SEA about 20 miles south of Hon Gay and were rescued by a Navy helicopter. Lt Cdr Southwick, who had attacked North Vietnamese patrol boats during the original Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, WAS SHOT DOWN AGAIN ON 14 MAY, but this time he was captured.
24 Apr 1967: Following a strike against Kep Airfield, North Vietnam, two VF-114 Phantom IIs engaged two flights of North Vietnamese Mikoyan Gurevich (MiG)-17 Frescos pairs... two Phantom IIs shot down a pair of Frescos with AIM-9B Sidewinder air-to-air missiles: LT Hugh D. Wisely, and LT(jg) David L. Jordon; and Linfield 210 (BuNo 153000), LCDR Charles E. Southwick, and ENS James W. Laing (Linfield 210) however, experienced fuel exhaustion and ditched in the sea... both men being rescued by a Navy SAR helo. Also on that day, Buckeye 512, an A-6A (BuNo 152589), LT(JG) Lewis I. Williams, Jr., and LT(JG) Michael D. Christian, VA-85, was shot down by AAA over North Vietnam... Both men were captured, and did not return to the U.S. until 4 April 1973.