Skip to content

This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

10 June 1969: The U.S. Air Force donated the first North American Aviation X-15, serial number 56-6670, to the Smithsonian Institution for display at the National Air and Space Museum. The first of three X-15A hypersonic research rocketplanes built by North American for the Air Force and the National Advisory Committee (NACA, the predecessor of NASA), 56-6670 made the first glide flight and

Read More »
Main Menu
  • Home
  • History
    • About The SSS
    • Headed West
    • Biographies
    • Today in F-100 History
    • SSS Caterpillar
    • Wall of Honor
    • F-100 Information
    • Friends of the Super Sabre
    • N. American F-100 Super Sabre
  • Galleries
  • The Intake
    • About The Intake: Journal
    • The Intake: Journal of the Super Sabre Society – Archives
  • What’s New
  • Contact

Dawson, Clyde D. – KIA

  • Home
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Dawson, Clyde D. – KIA

Clyde Duane Dawson - KIA

Preferred Name: Clyde
Nickname/Call Sign: Heavy
Date of Birth: May 9, 1930
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Fond du Lac, WI
Headed West Date: March 23, 1966
Biography
Pilot Information
Album

Major Dawson was a member of the 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He had served his country during the Korean War before being deployed to Vietnam.

On March 23, 1966, he was the pilot of an F-100F Super Sabre #58-1212 on a SAM mission during “Iron Hand” near Vinh North Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed and he was killed, considered missing. Also in the aircraft was Captain Donald E Clark Jr.

Major Dawson’s remains were recovered on September 30, 1977 and identified on October 25, 1977. He has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

Units Assigned

  • England AFB, LA
  • Misawa AB, Japan
  • 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100F)

Awards & Decorations

Air Medal
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Korean Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Republic Of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic Of Korea Korean War Service Medal
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Air Force Presidential Unit Citation
Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry
Vietnam Gallantry Cross
AF Good Conduct Medal
Air Force Good Conduct Medal
US Air Force Pilot Badge
United States Aviator Badge – Air Force

Flight Info

F-100F

Military & Civilian Education

Dawson, Clyde Duane
Album Slideshow
Slideshow
Click To View

Wall of Honor Location

Our Mission

The mission of the Super Sabre Society is to preserve the history of the F-100 Super Sabre and the men who flew the aircraft.

Follow Us

Copyright © 2025 Super Sabre Society
Website by: Heart and Soul Web Design
Scroll to Top