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Today in History – September 30, 1966 – LtCol W.M. Fowler ejects from F-100 #553502

30 September 1966 – LtCol Walter “Mel” Fowler’s F-100 #553502 is hit in the engine by gunfire over SVN. He came close to capture or death by closely advancing Viet Cong before his wingman suppressed the advancing VC and he was picked up from the rice paddy by an Army Helo. Fowler was serving with

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Woodcock, Larry A.

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Larry A. Woodcock

Preferred Name: Larry
Nickname/Call Sign: Woody/Splint
Date of Birth: February 7, 1939
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Downers Grove, IL
Biography
Pilot Information

I hired on with American Airlines in 1969. During the last three years with American and two years afterward, I returned to college to get my Master of Divinity degree from Texas Christian University. I received my MDIV in 2001. I was ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church in June 2000.

I was then appointed to serve as pastor of the Holbrook and Winslow UMC in Arizona in June 2001. In June 2003 I was ordained an Elder. In June 2004 I was reappointed to St. James UMC in Tucson, AZ. I retired from full-time parish ministry in June of 2009.

In April 2004 I was sworn in as an Arizona Department of Public Safety Volunteer Chaplain. In Sept. of 2009, I was appointed as a Volunteer Chaplain with the Minnesota State Patrol in Detroit Lakes, MN. I still hold a position as Chaplain with both of those jurisdictions. We now spend our winters in Corona, Arizona, and our summers in Detroit Lakes, MN.

Units Assigned

  • 6/1962-6/1963 Webb AFB, TX Undergraduate Pilot Training (T-37, T-38)
  • 6/1963-5/1964 4514 Combat Crew Training Squadron & 4517 Combat Crew Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100C/D/F)
  • 6/1964-5/1967 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron/2oth Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Station Woodbridge, UK (F-100D/F)
  • 6/1967-6/1968 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Wing, Phan Rang AB, RVN (F-100)
  • 6/1968-1/1970 4518th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-104)
  • 1/1970-2/1971 Missouri ANG, Lambert St. Louis, MO (F-100D/F)
  • 3/197-4/1988 932nd AAGP, Scott AFB, IL (CV-9A)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-37
T-38
F-100 C/D/F
F-104
CV-9A

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Advanced Survival Training
  • Sea Survival Training
  • PACAF Jungle Survival School
  • Air-ground Operations School (AGOS)

Civilian Education:

  • BS University of Illinois
  • MDIV, Texas Christian University

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