| The Teleproduction Group "12/72" Day by Day: A Record of All Air Crews Lost During Operation Linebacker II: December 18 - 29, 1972 | |
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"The wall goes by the date of death ... starting at the outer wings and working in
toward the vertex at the center. And of course, all the B-52 crews are right
there at the end. And, you know, as a B-52 crewmember, that kind of tells
you that we ended the thing. We know we did.... |
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DAY 1 |
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B-52 G - "Charcoal 01" 340thBS, 97thBW, 72nd SW Blytheville AFB, AR; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Lt. Col. Donald L. Rissi
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KIA |
| Co-Pilot | 1st Lt. Robert J. Thomas
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KIA |
| Radar Navigator | Major Richard E. Johnson | POW |
| Navigator | Capt. Robert G. Certain | POW |
| EWO | Capt. Richard T. Simpson | POW |
| Gunner | MSgt. Walter L. Ferguson
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KIA |
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B-52 G - "Peach 02" 2nd BW, 72nd SW Barksdale AFB, LA; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Major Clifford B. Ashley | Recovered |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. Gary L Vickers | Recovered |
| Radar Navigator | Major Archie C. Myers | Recovered |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Forrest E. Stegelin | Recovered |
| EWO | Capt. James T. Tramel | Recovered |
| Gunner | MSgt. Kenneth E. Connor | Recovered |
| Deputy Airborne Commander | Lt. Col. Hendsley R. Connor | Recovered |
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B-52 D - "Rose 01" 99th BW, 307th SW Westover AFB, MA; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Hal K. Wilson | POW |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. Charles A. Brown | POW |
| Radar Navigator | Major Fernando Alexander | POW |
| Navigator | Capt. Richard Cooper
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KIA |
| EWO | Capt. Henry C. Barrows
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POW |
| Gunner | TSgt. Charlie S. Poole
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KIA |
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F-111 A - "Snug 40" 430th TFS, 474th TFW Takhli, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Lt. Col Ronald Jack Ward
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KIA | |
| Major James Richard McElvain
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KIA | |
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A-7C VA-82, USN USS America | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Lt. Carl T. Wieland | POW | |
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DAY 2 |
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OV - 10 A 20 TASS, 6498 ABW Da Nang, South Vietnam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Francis Xavier Egan
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KIA |
| Observer | unknown | Recovered |
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DAY 3 |
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B-52 G - "Quilt 03" 456th BW, 72nd SW Beale AFB, CA; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt Terry M. Geloneck | POW |
| Co-Pilot | 1st Lt. William Y. Arcuri | POW |
| Radar Navigator | Capt. Warren R. Spencer
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KIA |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Michael R. Martini | POW |
| EWO | Capt. Craig A. Paul
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KIA |
| Gunner | SSgt. Roy Madden | POW |
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B-52 G - "Brass 02" 42nd BW, 72nd SW Loring AFB, MA; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. John D. Ellinger | Recovered |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. Lawrence A. Casazza | Recovered |
| Radar Navigator | Major Charles E. Archie | Recovered |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Robert A. Clement | Recovered |
| EWO | Capt. Silverio A. Barroqueiro | Recovered |
| Gunner | TSgt George H. Schryer | Recovered |
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B-52 D - "Orange 03" 99th BW, 307th SW Westover AFB, MA; Utapao, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Major John F. Stuart
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KIA |
| Co-Pilot | 1st Lt. Paul L. Granger | POW |
| Radar Navigator | Major Randolph A. Perry
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KIA |
| Navigator | Capt. Thomas J. Klomann | POW |
| EWO | Capt. Irwin S. Lerner
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KIA |
| Gunner | MSgt Arthur V. McLaughlin
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KIA/MIA |
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B-52 D - "Straw 02" 306th BW, 43rd SW March AFB, CA; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Deverl H. Johnson | Recovered |
| Co-Pilot | 1st Lt. James T. Farmer | Recovered |
| Radar Navigator | Major Frank A. Gould
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MIA |
| Navigator | Capt. Vincent F. Russo | Recovered |
| EWO | Capt. Paul J. Fairbanks | Recovered |
| Gunner | TSgt. James R. Barclift | Recovered |
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B-52 G - "Olive 01" 92nd BW, 72nd SW Fairchild AFB, WA; Blytheville AFB, AR; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Lt. Col. James Y. Nagahiro | POW |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. Donovan K Walters
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KIA |
| Radar Navigator | Major Edward H. Johnson
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KIA |
| Navigator | Capt. Lynn R. Beens | POW |
| EWO | Capt. Robert R. Lynn
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KIA |
| Gunner | A1C Charles J Bebus
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KIA |
| Deputy Airborne Commander | Lt. Col. Keith R. Heggen
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POW - Died after capture |
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B-52 G - "Tan 03" 97th BW, 72nd SW Blytheville AFB, AR; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Randall J. Craddock
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KIA |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. George B. Lockhart
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KIA |
| Radar Navigator | Major Bobby A. Kirby
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KIA |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Charles E. Darr
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KIA |
| EWO | Capt. Ronald D. Perry
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KIA |
| Gunner | SSgt. James L. Lollar | POW |
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A-6 A VA-196, USN USS Enterprise | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Cdr. Gordon R. Nakagawa | POW | |
| Lt. Kenneth Hill Higdon | POW | |
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DAY 4 |
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B-52 D - "Scarlet 03" 22nd BW, 307th SW March AFB, CA; Utapao, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Peter J. Giroux | POW |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. Thomas W. Bennett, Jr.
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KIA |
| Radar Navigator | Lt. Col. Gerald W. Alley
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KIA |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Joe Copack, Jr.
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KIA |
| EWO | Capt. Peter P. Camerota | POW |
| Gunner | MSgt Louis L. LeBlanc | POW |
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B-52 D - "Blue 01" 7th BW, 307th SW Carswell AFB, TX; Utapao, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Lt. Col. John H. Yuill | POW |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. David L. Drummond | POW |
| Radar Navigator | Lt. Col. Louis H. Bernasconi | POW |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. William T. Mayall | POW |
| EWO | Lt. Col. William W. Conlee | POW |
| Gunner | SSgt. Gary L. Morgan | POW |
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A-6 A VA-75, USN USS Saratoga | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Lt. Cdr Robert Stewart Graustein
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KIA | |
| Lt. Cdr Barton Scott Wade
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KIA | |
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AC-130 A 16th SOS, 56th SOW Ubon, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Capt. Harry Roy Lagerwall
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KIA | |
| Capt. Stanley Neal Kroboth
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KIA | |
| Major Paul Oswald Meder
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KIA | |
| Major Francis Anthony Walsh, Jr.
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KIA | |
| Capt. Joel Ray Birch
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KIA | |
| Capt. Thomas Trammell Hart, III
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KIA | |
| Capt. Robert Leonel Liles, Jr.
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KIA | |
| 2nd Lt. George D. MacDonald
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KIA | |
| 1st Lt. Delma Ernest Dickens
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KIA | |
| A1C Charles Frederick Fenter
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KIA | |
| TSgt. Robert Thomas Elliott
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KIA | |
| TSgt. John Quitman Winningham
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KIA | |
| A1C Rollie Keith Reaid
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KIA | |
| Sgt. Richard Williams | Recovered | |
| Sgt. Carl E. Stevens | Recovered | |
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DAY 5 |
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F-111 A - "Jackal 33" 429th TFS, 474th TFW Takhli, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Capt. Robert D. Sponeybarger | POW | |
| 1st Lt. William W. Wilson | POW | |
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DAY 6 |
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F-4 J VMFA-333, USMC USS America | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Lt. Col. John K Cochran | Recovered | |
| Major H.S. Carr | Recovered | |
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EB-66 B 42nd TEWS, 388th TFS Korat, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Major Henry James Repeta
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KIA | |
| Major George Frederick Sasser
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KIA | |
| Capt. William Robert Baldwin
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KIA | |
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DAY 7 |
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A-7 D 353rd TFS, 354th TFW Korat, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Mid-air collision with Raven 01 - "Bird Dog" | Capt Charles Francis Riess | POW |
| Capt. Paul Vernon Jackson, III
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KIA | |
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A-7 E VA-113, USN USS Ranger | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Lt. Philip Spratt Clark, Jr.
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KIA | |
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DAY 8 |
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B-52 D - "Ebony 02" 449th BW, 307th SW Kincheloe AFB, MI; Seymour Johnson AFB, NC; Utapao, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Robert J. Morris, Jr.
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KIA |
| Co-Pilot | 1st Lt. Robert M. Hudson | POW |
| Radar Navigator | Capt. Michael H. LaBeau | POW |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Duane P Vavroch | POW |
| EWO | Major Nutter J. Wimbrow, III
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KIA |
| Gunner | TSgt. James R. Cook | POW |
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B-52 D - "Ash 01" 22nd BW, 307 SW Robins AFB, GA; Westover AFB, MA; Utapao, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. James M. Turner
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KIA |
| Co-Pilot | 1st Lt. Robert J. Hymel
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Recovered |
| Radar Navigator | Lt. Col. Donald A. Joyner
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KIA |
| Navigator | Major Lawrence J. Marshall
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KIA |
| EWO | Capt. Roy T. Tabler
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KIA |
| Gunner | TSgt. Spencer L. Grippin | Recovered |
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DAY 9 |
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B-52 D - "Cobalt 01" 7th BW, 43rd SW Mather AFB, CA; March AFB, CA; Andersen AFB, Guam | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. Frank D. Lewis | POW |
| Co-Pilot | Capt Samuel B. Cusimano | POW |
| Radar Navigator | Major James C. Condon | POW |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. Ben L. Fryer
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KIA |
| EWO | Major Allen L. Johnson
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KIA |
| Gunner | MSgt James C. Gough | POW |
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B-52 D - "Ash 02" 28th BW, 307th SW Ellsworth AFB, SD; Carswell AFB, TX; Utapao, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Pilot | Capt. John Mize | Recovered |
| Co-Pilot | Capt. Terrence J. Gruters | Recovered |
| Radar Navigator | Capt. William E. North | Recovered |
| Navigator | 1st Lt. William L. Robinson | Recovered |
| EWO | Capt. Dennis W. Anderson | Recovered |
| Gunner | TSgt. Peter E. Whalen | Recovered |
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F-4 E 13th TFS, 432nd TRW Udorn, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Major Carl H. Jeffcoat | POW | |
| 1st Lt. Jack R. Trimble | POW | |
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A-6 A VMA (AW)-533, MAG-15, USMC Nam Phong, Thailand | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Capt. Ralph Jim Chipman
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KIA | |
| 1st Lt. Ronald Wayne Forrester
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KIA | |
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DAY 10 |
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RA-5C RVAH-13, USN USS Enterprise | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Lt. Cdr Alfred Howard Agnew | POW | |
| Lt. Michael Firestone Haifley
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KIA | |
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DAY 11 |
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EA-6 A VMCJ-2, USMC NAS Cubi Point, Philippines | ||
| POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| Capt. Hal L. Baker | Recovered | |
| MSgt. Frederick E. Killebrew | Recovered | |
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