B-66 Operations Fatalities

 

Version: 20 July 2004 (Final)

Updated by Jim Russell at AF Casualty 12 Feb 2004.

Updated by Gerry Parker, 4 April 2004 E-Mail: gparker@pmkc.com

Updated for correct rank by Jim Russell, AF Casualty, 27 April 2004

Updated for minor errors in rank by Gerry Parker, 20 July 2004

   

Contact Gerry Parker at 713-621-7521 or gparker@pmkc.com with any corrections.

          

ANDERSON, Edwin P. Jr., 53-0498, 8 Apr 1969, Takhli, Thailand                       

            Lt. Col., Navigator

           

ARMANI, Harry V., 19th TRS, 16 Mar 1961, Royal Flush mission

            Capt, pilot, daughter Robin Armani

 

BALDWIN, William R., EB-66E, 23Dec 1972, Korat Landing Crash

            Capt, navigator, DOB 13 Jan 1945

 

BECRAFT, William R., 54-0460, 7 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK

            1st Lt., EWO, age 27, Suffern, NY, wife-Jean Ann Becraft

 

BOLTE, Wayne L, 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21

Colonel , pilot

 

BOONE, Charles Lee, 19th TRS, 14 Dec 1959, Bruntingthorpe

            1st Lt, AO37074385, navigator, age 27, wife-Lilah

 

BORDELON, Charles, 6460 TRS, 20 Aug 1966, NE of Hawaii

            TSG, FE

 

BROOKS, Paul, 85thBS, 26 Oct 1961, North Sea/Sculthorpe

            Major, Instructor pilot, family at Norfolk, VA

 

BRYCE, Thomas C., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            1st Lt., EWO, A031733A, Buffalo, NY, wife-Billie Jean.

 

CATHER, Wilfred E., RB-66B, 9 Dec 1958, Spangdahlem. GR

            Capt, AO760100, Catholic, 30th TRS,

 

CAUSEY, John B., 54-0457, 25 Feb 1966, Tonkin Gulf

            Capt, EWO

 

CHANDLER, Donn F.,54-0444, 8 Jul 1958,             Spangdahlem

            Capt, pilot

 

CHASE, Robert A., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            1st Lt., Navigator, A03056137, Eau Claire, WI, wife-Elsa.

 

COAD, Gary Roland, 19th TRS, 14 Dec 1959, 54-0421, Bruntingthorpe

            1st Lt, AO3057421, pilot, age 24, unmarried, from California

 

COX, William H., Jr., RB-66B, 4 Feb 1963, FTF/Tulsa, OK

            Capt.

 

DAUGHENBAUGH, Jr., LeRoy, 54-0460, 7 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK

            SSgt, flight engineer, age 28, Stephenson, IL, wife-Alice H. Daughenbaugh

 

DAVENPORT, Ralph,  85th BS, 26 Oct 1961, North Sea/Sculthorpe

            Capt, Navigator, family from Macon, GA

 

DAVIS, Smith Jr., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            1st Lt., EWO, Fort Chester, NY, unmarried

 

DAY, Allen H. “Bud”, 11th TRS, 9 Feb 1959, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            Capt, EWO, A0676439, age 38; Thompson, CT

 

DINGER, Richard J. “Dick”, 95th BS, 1 Apr 1957, Hurlburt Field, FL

             1LT, pilot

 

DOBY, Herbert, 41st TRS, 4 Feb 1967, EB-66C 55-0387/NVN

            Lt. Col., 29991A

 

DUFFIN, Rey L., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing

            Capt, DOB 23 Apr 1931, Tooele, UT

 

DUFRESNE, Arthur J., Jr., 54-0517, 16 Dec 1957, Chateauroux AB, France     

            A2c, Gunner

 

GATWOOD, Robin F., 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21

            Capt, EWO

 

 GIANNANGELI, Anthony R., 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21

            Colonel, EWO

 

 GLANDON, Harold W., 11th TRS, 9 Feb 1959, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            1 Lt., Age 26, Indiahoma, OK

 

HANDCOCK, Robert B., 19th TRS, 14 Apr 1958, Sculthorpe, UK

            1 Lt., Navigator

 

GRAY, Robin W., 54-0444, 8 Jul 1958, Spangdahlem

            Capt, Navigator

 

HARVEY, Daniel, 19th TRS, 16 Mar 1961, Royal Flush mission

            Capt, navigator

 

 HEIMANN, Helmut, 54-0444, 8 Jul 1958, Spangdahlem

            1 Lt., Navigator

 

HENDERSON, Dan Kelly, 54-0517, 16 Dec 1957, Chateauroux AB, France  1st Lt., Pilot

 

*HEZEL, Karl D., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing

            Capt, DOB 8 Dec 1933, Cranford, NJ

            (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland, and Jim Milam)

 

HICKS, Howard M., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958,RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            SSgt, gunner, Parkersburg, WV, unmarried.

 

HOLLEY, John A. “Tony”, EB-66E, 9 Oct 1969, 54-0536/Spangdahlem, GR       

            Capt, EWO, SSN: 425-80-2047, wife named Linda, (from MS?),

            Brother killed in F-4 over NVN

            (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland, and Jim Milam)

 

HUGHES, Richard W., 53-0411, 7 Oct 1958, McClellan AFB, CA

            Capt

 

*JOHNSON, Theodore W., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing 

            1st Lt, DOB 10 Jul 1942, Westfield, NY

            (Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland, and Jim Milam)

JUNGE, James L., 43rd TRS, 26 Jun 1959, Kelly AFB, TX

Capt, Pilot

 

KELLY, Kenneth H.,             EB-66E, 9 Oct 1969, 54-0536/Spangdahlem, GR    

            Major, Pilot, SSN: 451-56-9001, wife named Terry

 

KEMP, Michael J., 43rd TRS,    26 Jun 1959, 54-0544/Kelly AFB, TX

            A2C, Gunner

 

KENDLER, Jesse, 9th TRS, 5 Sep 1961, WB-66D/ Near Bermuda

            Capt, pilot, remains lost at sea

 

KLATZ, Stanley P., 95th BS, 1 Apr 1957, Hurlburt Fld., FL

            TSG, gunner, in charge of all 95th BS gunners

 

KRZYNOWEK, Paul S., RB-66C, 6 Dec 1967, Takhli Crash Landing

            1st Lt, EWO, DOB 1 Nov 1943, Housatonic, ME

 

LAIRD, Donald E., 6460 TRS, 20 Aug 1966, NE of Hawaii

            1st Lt., Navigator, Remains lost at sea.

 

LEVIS, Charles Allen, 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21

            Colonel, EWO, DOB 7 Nov 1932, Home-Fort Worth, TX

 

LINDLEY, Dwight A., 6460 TRS, 20 Aug 1966, NE of Hawaii

            Capt, Pilot, Remains lost at sea

 

LOEFFLER, Joseph D., RB-66B, 9 Dec 1958, Spangdahlem, GR

            Capt, AO749677, Navigator, Catholic, 30th TRS

 

MANN, Robert L., 9th TRS, 22 Oct 1965, 53-0452/Pleiku, SVN[MIA]       

            Capt, pilot, AO3005851, on 14th mission

 

MANZO, Arthur J., B-66B/54-0495, 11 Sep 1957, Houston, TX/RBS mission Capt, navigator, from New Jersey, married to English wife, Frieda, she perhaps returned to England following accident.         

 

MCCABE, Reynolds W., 54-0460, 6 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK

            1st Lt., EWO, age 30, single, from Lemon Grove (La Jolla), CA,

ranked tennis player

 

MCCASLAND, William H., 43rd TRS, 26 Jun 1959, 54-0544/Kelly AFB, TX      1st Lt., Navigator

 

MCDONALD, William E., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing  Major, Navigator, DOB 3 Feb 1930, Memphis, TN

 

MCEWEN, James A., 9th TRS, 22 Oct 1965,   53-0452/Pleiku, SVN

            1st Lt., AO70597A, navigator, on 65th mission, from Washington, PA?

 

MERCER, Pollard H. Jr. (Sonny), EB-66C 388,  20 Jan 1968, VN/Mig-21

Major, pilot, died in P.I. after Medevac

 

MAINS, Blaine L., 53-0411, 7 Oct 1958, McClellan AFB, CA, Civilian

(Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland)

 

MOORE, Larry A., EB-66C, 6 Dec 1967, Landing Accident/Takhli

            Capt, EWO, DOB 8 Mar 1940, Marion, IA

 

NICHOLS, Max E., EB-66C, 17 Nov 1967, 54-0473/Takhli Crash Landing

            Major, DOB 6 Jun 1929, Houghton, NJ

 

MUELLER, Lawton D., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea   

            1st Lt., EWO, A03028915, Moline, IL, wife-Patricia Ann.

 

NOBERT, Craig R., 54-0464, 20 Jul 1966, SAM/NVN

            1st Lt, EWO, MIA

 

NOELL, Ralph Leon, 19th TRS, 14 Dec 1959,54-0421/Bruntingthorpe

            A2c, AF 19560818, gunner, age 21, from Oklahoma       

 

ORLOWSKI, Joseph M., 53-0498, 8 Apr 1969, Takhli, Thailand

            Capt., EWO

           

POOR, Russell A., 41st TRS,  4 Feb 1967, 5 EB-66C 55-0387/NVN

            Lt. Col., EWO, MIA

 

POWELL, James T., Jr., 11th TRS, 9 Feb 1959, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea 

            1st Lt., age 24, Menard, TX

 

RAUSCH, Julius J., 43rd TRS, 17 Jul 1958, Azores, Portugal

            A1C, gunner, age 23, unmarried, son of Antone Rausch, 

            Dazey, ND,   Remains lost at sea

 

REPETA, Henry J., EB-66E, 23 Dec 1972, Korat Landing Crash

            Major, EWO, DOB 30 Apr 1933

 

RICKETTS, James E. Jr., 53-0498, 8 Apr 1969, Takhli, Thailand

            Lt. Col., Pilot, CO of 42nd TEWS, hometown-Vacaville, CA(?)

 

RUNION, John A., 95th BS, 1 Apr 1957, Hurlburt Field, FL

            Capt, Navigator

 

SARABALE, George E., 53-0411, 7 Oct 1958, McClellan AFB, CA 

            Civilian Confirmed by USAF Safety Office, Kirtland)

 

SASSER, George F., EB-66E, 23 Dec 1972, Korat Landing Crash

            Major, pilot, DOB 29 May 1939

 

SAVAGE, Paul J. “Doc”, 85th BS, 26 Oct 1961, North Sea/Sculthorpe

            Capt, remains lost at sea

 

SEREX, Henry M., 54-0466, 2 Apr 1972, NVN/Bat-21

Lt. Col., EWO

 

STEWART, Julian T. Jr., 16th TRS,  8 May 1959, Shaw AFB, SC

            Capt, Navigator      

 

STITZEL, James M., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea

            Capt, EWO, A043431A, Chicago, IL, wife-Sarah Helen.

 

STRANDBERG, Howard E.., RB-66B, 9 Dec 1958, Spangdahlem, GR

            Capt, Pilot, AO2221823, Protestant, 30th TRS

 

TAYLOR, George A., 11th TRS, 15 Nov 1958, RB-66C/Kunsan AB, Korea  

            Capt, pilot, Vicksburg, MS, wife-Dorothy Delores.

 

TAYLOR, Roger E., 19th TRS, 14 Apr 1958, Sculthorpe, UK

            Capt, pilot

 

VALENCIA, Bernard M., 19th TRS, 14 Apr 1958, Sculthorpe, UK

            TSgt, Gunner

 

WATSON, Glen D.,54-0517, 16 Dec 1957, Chateauroux AB, France     

            2nd Lt., Navigator

 

WEGER, John Jr., 9th TRS, 22 Oct 1965, 53-0452/Pleiku, SVN  

            Capt, navigator, former B-57 crewman

 

WELCH, Edwin B., RB-66B, 24 June 1969, Night Refueling Accident,  near Kinston NC,  

            Major, AO3057706, Instructor pilot

 

WEYMARK, James T., 54-0460, 7 Feb 1962, Chelveston, UK

            1st Lt., EWO, age 26, Bay Village, OH, wife-Judith Ellen Weymark

 

WHITLEY, Jr., Frank L. “Chip”, 19th TRS, 16 Mar 1961, Royal Flush mission 

            1st Lt, navigator, possibly Intel

 

WILBURN, Woodrow H., 41st TRS,             4 Feb 1967, EB-66C 55-0387/NVN

            Colonel, Remains returned 3 Jan 1990 by N Vietnam

 

YOUNGS, Jack M., EB-66C, 6 Dec 1967, Landing Accident/Takhli

            Lt. Col., pilot, DOB 24 Oct 1921, Independence, MO

 

 

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Special thanks to Ron Darrah and Clifford Parrott.