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Today in History – January 23, 1939 – A Curtiss Hawk 75A surpasses all speed records at 575mph

January 23, 2021

23 January 1939 – Buffalo, N.Y., January 24—(AP)—A Curtiss Hawk 75A pursuit plane, one of 100 being constructed for the French Government, has “substantially exceeded …

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Today in History – January 23, 1939 – A Curtiss Hawk 75A surpasses all speed records at 575mph

January 23, 2021

23 January 1939 – Buffalo, N.Y., January 24—(AP)—A Curtiss Hawk 75A pursuit plane, one of 100 being constructed for the French Government, has “substantially exceeded …

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Cashman, Gerald Allen – K.I.A.

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Gerald A. Cashman - KIA

Preferred Name: Jerry
Nickname/Call Sign: Bullet
Date of Birth: June 2, 1932
Headed West: September 8, 1972
Highest Military Grade Held: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Holton, KS
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From the KY Courier-Journal, September 15, 1972 … ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Two U.S. Air Force pilots,…were killed last Friday when their F-4 Phantom jet fighter crashed into the Mediterranean off southeast Turkey, the American embassy disclosed Wednesday.

The pilots were Lt. Col. Gerald A. Cashman, 40, of Holton, Kan., and Capt. Ronald L. Bewley, 31, of Radcliff, Ky. Their families live in Torrejon, Spain, the embassy said. The plane was on a training flight from an airbase at Incirlik, southeast Turkey, officials said. They said contact with the plane was lost an hour after takeoff. Bits of aircraft debris and a one-man life raft were sighted 11 miles off the coast but there was no sign of survivors. Officials said the cause of the crash was not yet known.

Prior to his F-4 assignment, Jerry flew the F-100 with the 614TFS out of Torrejon, Spain.

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  • 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron/401st Tactical Fighter Wing
    Torrejon, Spain

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  • Kansas StateCollege

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