CAPT - O3 - Air Force - Regular
Length of service 12 years
Casualty was on Jan 13, 1966
In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
On the night of January 13, 1966, a C-123B transport (tail number 55-4519) of the 310th Air Commando Squadron was providing flareship support for a flight of A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st ACS. The Skyraiders in turn were attacking Vietcong positions near An Khe. As one of the Skyraiders pulled off target after delivering ordnance it collided with the circling flareship. Both aircraft crashed. There were no survivors. The crew from the C-123B included pilot CAPT Herman H. Ritchie, copilot CAPT Warren L. Anderson, SSGT Byron H. Crotwell, TSGT Thomas A. Fodaro, SSGT Edward J. Hincewicz, and TSGT Irwin L. Hoffman. The pilot of the A-1E was CAPT Robert N. Middlebrooks. [Taken from virtualwall.com and aviation-safety.net]
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 04E - Line 68
Length of service 12 years
Casualty was on Jan 13, 1966
In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
On the night of January 13, 1966, a C-123B transport (tail number 55-4519) of the 310th Air Commando Squadron was providing flareship support for a flight of A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st ACS. The Skyraiders in turn were attacking Vietcong positions near An Khe. As one of the Skyraiders pulled off target after delivering ordnance it collided with the circling flareship. Both aircraft crashed. There were no survivors. The crew from the C-123B included pilot CAPT Herman H. Ritchie, copilot CAPT Warren L. Anderson, SSGT Byron H. Crotwell, TSGT Thomas A. Fodaro, SSGT Edward J. Hincewicz, and TSGT Irwin L. Hoffman. The pilot of the A-1E was CAPT Robert N. Middlebrooks. [Taken from virtualwall.com and aviation-safety.net]
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 04E - Line 68
CAPT - O3 - Air Force - Regular
Length of service 12 years
Casualty was on Jan 13, 1966
In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
On the night of January 13, 1966, a C-123B transport (tail number 55-4519) of the 310th Air Commando Squadron was providing flareship support for a flight of A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st ACS. The Skyraiders in turn were attacking Vietcong positions near An Khe. As one of the Skyraiders pulled off target after delivering ordnance it collided with the circling flareship. Both aircraft crashed. There were no survivors. The crew from the C-123B included pilot CAPT Herman H. Ritchie, copilot CAPT Warren L. Anderson, SSGT Byron H. Crotwell, TSGT Thomas A. Fodaro, SSGT Edward J. Hincewicz, and TSGT Irwin L. Hoffman. The pilot of the A-1E was CAPT Robert N. Middlebrooks. [Taken from virtualwall.com and aviation-safety.net]
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 04E - Line 68
Length of service 12 years
Casualty was on Jan 13, 1966
In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
On the night of January 13, 1966, a C-123B transport (tail number 55-4519) of the 310th Air Commando Squadron was providing flareship support for a flight of A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st ACS. The Skyraiders in turn were attacking Vietcong positions near An Khe. As one of the Skyraiders pulled off target after delivering ordnance it collided with the circling flareship. Both aircraft crashed. There were no survivors. The crew from the C-123B included pilot CAPT Herman H. Ritchie, copilot CAPT Warren L. Anderson, SSGT Byron H. Crotwell, TSGT Thomas A. Fodaro, SSGT Edward J. Hincewicz, and TSGT Irwin L. Hoffman. The pilot of the A-1E was CAPT Robert N. Middlebrooks. [Taken from virtualwall.com and aviation-safety.net]
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 04E - Line 68
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