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Today in History – January 20, 1969 – Capt F.E. Davis and 1Lt Jim Thames eject out of 2 separate F-100D’s

January 20, 2021

20 January 1969 – F.E. Davis was with the 352nd TFS37 TFW out of Phan Rang. Flying F-100D #563113 as Yellow Jacket 6, he was …

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Today in History – January 20, 1969 – Capt F.E. Davis and 1Lt Jim Thames eject out of 2 separate F-100D’s

January 20, 2021

20 January 1969 – F.E. Davis was with the 352nd TFS37 TFW out of Phan Rang. Flying F-100D #563113 as Yellow Jacket 6, he was …

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Benjamin, Clyde A.

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Clyde A. Benjamin

Nickname/Call Sign: Gandhi
Date of Birth: May 1, 1933
Highest Military Grade Held: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: Butte, MT
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Biography

I flew the F-100A at Nellis.  I reported into Willy (Williams AFB, AZ) after completing basic flying school at Webb AFB in Big Springs, Texas.  After 3 days at Willy, I was transferred to Nellis as an experimental student to determine if pilots could go directly from T-33 to F-100, bypassing the F-86.

They did the same thing for Luke pilots that were flying the F-84.  All told, I think there were about 6 people that went through this program.  The F-100F had just entered the inventory, so that was the airplane that we used for transition.  After checkout in the F-100F, we flew the F-100A and completed the gunnery program at Nellis.

My next assignment was back to Willy to fly the F-86 and continue the gunnery and transition into that airplane.  At the conclusion of that training, we went to operational units and flew the F-100D & F at George.  I guess that the experiment worked as future classes went directly from pilot training, T-33, to F-100 at Luke.  I think that was the death knell for Willy, as all fighter pilots were vectored to Luke, and Willy closed.

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Units Assigned

  • Pilot Training, Webb AFB, TX/Williams AFB, AZ (T-33)
  • Pilot Training/Gunnery, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100 A/F)
  • Gunnery Training, Williams AFB, TX (F-86)
  • 1957-1959 474th Fighter Day Squadron/413th Fighter-Day Wing, George AB, CA (F-100 D/F)
  • 1959-1960 309th Fighter Day Squadron/31st Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA (F-100 D/F)

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Flight Info

T-33
F-86
F-100 A/D/F

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education

  • 1951-1956 BSIE, Montana State University Bozeman

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