Francis J McGouldrick, JrColonel8TH BOMB SQDN, 35TH TFW, 7TH AF United States Air Force 19 December 1928 - 10 July 1978 New Haven, Connecticut Panel 36W Line 017 |
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REMEMBEREDby a buddy,Larry Maloney pilotF15@yahoo.com |
When I was fifteen I wore a bracelet
Thirty years have passed
Brenda McGrain |
I now have Col. Francis J. McGouldrick's POW-MIA bracelet.
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 13 December 1968 a C-123K PROVIDER of the 606th Special Operations Squadron launched from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand, on a night FAC mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail area. The low-and-slow C-123K's mission was to obtain visual or infrared sightings of traffic along the Trail and to act as a controller for bombers - in this case, B-57 CANBERRA bombers from the 8th Tactical Bomber Squadron, Phan Rang AB, SVN.Weather conditions along the Trail were good - clear with a half moon, ground fog, no wind and no cloud ceiling. At 0300 hours, as a B-57 was executing an attack against ground targets, the B-57 collided with the upper surface of the circling C-123K. Both aircraft - and nine aircrewmen - went down. Only one - 1st Lt Thomas M. Turner from the C-123 - was rescued. The others simply disappeared into the Laotian jungles about 30 miles southwest of the Ban Kari Pass. A ground search was impossible due to total enemy control of the area, but airborne search-and-rescue operations continued until the formal SAR effort was terminated on 15 December. At that point, the crewmen and their status were as follow:
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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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