10 February 1970 – 1Lt J. Vance Phillips was serving with the 612 TFS/35th TFW out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. On the tenth of February 1970, he was on a mission looking for landing zone preparation when his aircraft was hit in the fuselage. Phillips ejected and was recovered suffering only minor injuries.
Today in History – August 17, 1946 – “1st Human to Be Shot Out of a Speeding Plane”
17 August 1946 – The first person in the U. S. to be ejected from an airplane (P-61) by means of its emergency escape equipment was Sergeant Lambert at Wright Field in Ohio. (1) “Sergeant Larry Lambert ejected from an airplane while in flight over Wright Field. Lambert was testing a new device to assist