Richard Alan Fleming
Captain
20TH SPECIAL OPS SQDN, 14TH SPECIAL OPS WING, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
Johnston City, Illinois
September 28, 1941 to January 17, 1969
RICHARD A FLEMING is on the Wall at Panel W34, Line 23

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Remembered by his squadronmates in the
20th Special Operations Squadron
the Green Hornets.


 

The Mission

Six men died when a CH-3E (tail number 62-12582) of the 20th Special Operations Squadron was lost in Northern Laos:
  • MAJ Walter W. Martin, Pilot, 20TH SOS
  • CAPT Richard A. Fleming, Co-pilot, 20TH SOS
  • SSGT Albert J. Davis, Flight Engineer, 20TH SOS
  • LTC Wayne Franklin Bolton, USAF, passenger
  • TSGT George Albert Kurtyka, USAF, passenger
  • TSGT Juan Arturo Maldonado , USAF, passenger
Two crew chiefs and one passenger survived and were transferred to Clark AFB (Philippines) for hospitalization.

 
A memorial initiated by a former Green Hornet,
Robert W. Hall
Robert.Hall12@scott.af.mil 


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