Hayden Lockhart – First USAF POW in Vietnam
This story starts at takeoff at DaNang AB, South Vietnam on a bombing mission in North Vietnam about 7 miles North of the DMZ and ends at arrival at the infamous prison named by Vietnam POWs “THE HANOI HILTON”. MARCH 2-10, 1965
PREFACE
When people ask about being a POW, they want to know what the Hanoi Hilton was like. What happened in the Hilton was the same for all of us. But what happened before we got to the Hilton or some other site was quite different. Some pilots were shot down around Hanoi and immediately became POWs. Others marched long distances before they got to a camp. Some never made it to a camp those stories we will never hear; but most POWs have a unique story to tell about their shootdown and how they got to a POW camp.
The Fall 2019 edition (Issue 41) of our journal went to our printer on 31 OCT and was delivered to our mailing contractor on 8 NOV. So, Issue 41 is now winding its way through the process of getting your copy to you … wh...
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Col. Jack Van Loan’s Memorial Service was held on October 26, 2019, in downtown Columbia, SC, at Five Points’ Centennial Plaza where a statue of Jack leaving the P.O.W. camp is situated. About 2oo attended the serv...
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The Solo Flight I first flew the “A” at Nellis, checking-out in the Hun in 1958. I had a couple of dual rides in the “F”, then a chase ride in the “A”. I was sent out to solo over Lak...
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The Super Sabre Society received the following information from Bill Fowler, son of F-100 Pilot Mel Fowler. My father, Lt Col Mel Fowler commanded several F-100 squadrons in Europe and Vietnam. His last command was the 5...
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The last F-100 left Vietnam for the U.S. Its departure ended the F-100’s combat employment which began in 1964 and produced 360,283 combat sorties with 243 aircraft losses. On 16 April 1961, six Super Sabres were d...
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With direction from the previous survey of the important factors in choosing a Reunion location, we requested members to recommend a place for the 2021 Reunion. The results are as follows: 341 members voted. Here are th...
24 July, 2019 No comment 2 LikesThis is a medical update from SSS Charter member George Buchowski who flew F-100’s with the 48TFW/493TFS, 309TFS and Misty’s followed by 30 years with Delta Airlines. I want to give an update on the results o...
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The Summer 2019 edition (Issue 40) of our journal went to our printer on 2 JUL and was delivered to our mailing contractor on 8 JUL. It is now winding its way through the process of getting your copy to you … wherever y...
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Another 4th of July is here and many of us remember that Independence is what we fought for, sometimes in the most difficult of circumstances and with great sacrifice. I just spent two wonderful days in Yellowstone Natio...
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SSS Member Donald B. “Hot Dog” Mackey (85) Headed West on 31 October 2019. His early F-100 units were the 3595th CCTW at Nellis and the 336th FDS/4FDW at Seymore Johnson in 1958. Don was born March 12, 1934, ...
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San Clemente, CA 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George AFB, CA (F-100) 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100) DOB July 16, 1932 Need more info....
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Jack Linwood Van Loan was born December 16, 1931, in Eugene, Oregon, to his late parents, Wendell Linwood Van Loan, Ph.D., and Lillian Schroeder Van Loan, Ph.D. At the age of 87, he peacefully passed away at home surroun...
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Joseph Richard Murphy, Jr. Joseph Richard (Dick) Murphy, Jr. passed away peacefully at home on October 15, 2019, with his family surrounding him with their love. Dick was born on September 24, 1933, in Parkersburg, WV to...
15 October, 2019 No comment 0 LikesCol. Willard H. Snell, Jr. (USAF, Ret.) “Headed West” on June 19, 2019. Willard H. Snell, Jr. was commissioned in the USAF in 1956 and served until 1977. He was a Charter member of the Super Sabre Society. As...
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SSS Charter Member Bruce MacLennan, Col, USAF (Ret) “Headed West” September 10, 2019 “Big Fella” Bruce MacLennan “Headed West” September 10, 2019, after a 4-year long battle with prost...
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