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…
Captain Lance Peter Sijan 13 April 1942 – 22 January 1968 On the night of 09 Nov 1967, then LtCol John Armstrong, commander of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at Da Nang, South Vietnam, and Weapons System Officer Capt Lance P. Sijan were tasked with a bombing mission in the Ho Chi Minh Trail…
Colonel John William Armstrong 5 December 1926 – ???? Then Lt. Col. John W. Armstrong was the Commander of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at DaNang Airbase, South Vietnam. On 9 November 1967, Lt. Col. Armstrong, pilot; and Capt. Lance P. Sijan, co-pilot; comprised the crew of an F4C, call sign “AWOL 01,” that…