Captain Eugene Thomas Meadows 4 March 1940 – 13 October 1966 A flight of two F-4s from the 480th TFS were conducting an armed reconnaissance mission in Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when they came across truck traffic on Route 103 a few miles 10 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The two aircraft…
LtCol John Murray Martin 17 June 1931 – 20 November 1967 On 20 November 1967 two F-4Cs, CRAB 1 and CRAB 2, from the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Danang were tasked against a suspected SAM site north of the DMZ. CRAB 2, F-4C tail number 63-7680, was flown by Captain John M. Martin and…
Captain Glenn Hung Nin Lee 6 August 1945 – 27 May 1970 On 27 May 1970 F-4 aircraft from the 480th Tac Ftr Sqdn were supporting US troops in Cambodia, about 45 miles west of Ban Me Thuot. After making several passes at the target, F-4D tail number 66-0275 flown by Capt George R. Keller…
Captain George Richard Keller 5 September 1943 – 27 May 1970 On 27 May 1970 F-4 aircraft from the 480th Tac Ftr Sqdn were supporting US troops in Cambodia, about 45 miles west of Ban Me Thuot. After making several passes at the target, F-4D tail number 66-0275 flown by Capt George R. Keller, Farmington,…
Captain Eric James Huberth 20 January 1945 – ???? On 13 May 1970, Capt. Alan R. Trent, pilot; and then 1st Lt. Eric J. Hubert, co-pilot; comprised the crew of an F-4D (serial # -0607), call sign “Cobra 84,” that departed Phu Cat Airbase in a flight of two to conduct a scramble alert mission…
Major Murray Lyman Borden 2 January 1941 – ???? A flight of two F-4s from the 480th TFS were conducting an armed reconnaissance mission in Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when they came across truck traffic on Route 103 a few miles 10 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The two aircraft set up…
Major Darrell E. Pyle POW 1966 – 1973 Name: Darrell Edwin Pyle Rank/Branch: O2/United States Air Force, pilot Unit: 480th TFS Date of Birth: 25 April 1940 Home City of Record: Compton CA Date of Loss: 13 June 1966 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 173800 North 1062200 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:…
Colonel William J. Baugh 17 July 1934 – 19 February 2010 On November 17, 1996, Col (RET) William Baugh provided the P.O.W. NETWORK with this biography: I was born on 17 July 1934 in Piqua, Ohio. I graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 1956, with an Air Force ROTC Commission as a…
1st Lt James Lindsay Badley 18 October 1942 – ???? On 27 March 1968, then 2nd Lt. James L. Badley and Captain Richard L. Whitteker, both of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, departed Danang Air Base on a strike mission into North Vietnam. Jim Badley did not return from his 85th mission – their F-4D…
Major Gerald Oak Alfred Jr. 18 October 1942 – ???? On December 11, 1966, then 1st. Lt. Gerald Oak Alfred Jr. was flying backseater to Capt. Jerry Woodcock in an F4C on an armed reconnaissance mission near the DMZ when the aircraft was hit by hostile fire.The U.S.S. Keppler (DD-765) was operating in the coastal…