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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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Weidkamp, Larry L.

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Larry L. Weidkamp

Preferred Name: Larry
Date of Birth: February 13, 1936
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Lynden, WA
Larry Weidkamp - before
Biography
Pilot Information

“During my career with Northwest Airlines, I flew the B-707, B727, B757, and B747 retiring in 1992 at our Honolulu base. I flew additional CRAF (military charter flights) from New York-Frankfurt-Saudi Arabia transporting troops near the end of Desert Storm.”

Units Assigned

  • 3/1959 -8/1959 Class 60-G Malden AB, MO (T-34, T-28A)
  • 9/1959-4/1960 Basic Greenville, MS (T-33A)
  • 5/1960-11/1960 Advanced Luke AFB, AZ (F-100C/F)
  • 12/1960 -3/1961 Advanced Fighter Weapons School Nellis AFB, NV (F-100C/D/F)
  • 4/1961-12/1964 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron/50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100D/F)
  • 1/1965 -5/1968 IP 3500th Pilot Training Wing, Reese AFB, TX (T-38A)
  • 11/8/1970 – Feb ’82 313th MAS McChord AFB, WA C-141A/B Associate Reserve
  • 5/1968 Hired by Northwest Airlines
    Rejoined Air Force (Reserves) Trained on the C-141 at Altus AFB. Flew monthly missions from McChord to Vietnam with staging from Yokota AB, Kadena AB, Clark AB, Anderson AFB, Wake Island, and Elmendorf AFB. Flew cargo/personnel/munitions into Da Nang, Phu Cat, Peiku, Tuy Hoa, Cam Ranh, and Tan Son Nhut. Also flew regular troop delivery/extraction flights under CRAF with Northwest Airlines B-707’s to Cam Rahn, Ben Hoa, and Tan Son Nhut.Post Vietnam, I flew C-141 missions mainly from McChord to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands with a main support role at Adak and Shemya, along with occasional missions to Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.
  • 1982 Retired USAF

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-34
T-28A
T-33A
F-100 C/D/F
T-38A
C-141 A/B
B-707

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1958 BS/Zoology University of Washington(ROTC)

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