Mansfield, Edward S.

Edward S. Mansfield “Headed West” on October 24, 2021.

We are sad to learn that Ted Mansfield “Headed West” on October 21st of this year.

Ted flew the F-100 with the 308th & 306th Tactical Fighter Squadrons out of George AFB, CA. Of note, he had two ejections from aircraft, once in Spain in 1962 in an F-84 Thunderjet, and again in 1966 in an F-84.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

On November 5, 1966, Captain Edward S. Mansfield, 29, of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was piloting an F-84 Thunderjet, (Ser. No. 51-9466), over the New Hampshire-Maine state line when the aircraft developed engine trouble and he was forced to bail out at 10,000 feet.  Capt. Mansfield landed safely in the village of Kezar Falls, which is located in the southern portion of the town of Porter, Maine.  Once on the ground, he made his way to a nearby farmhouse.

The F-84 came down in a nearby wooded area, and nobody on the ground was injured.

It was reported that this was the second time Capt. Mansfield had been saved by a parachute.  He was forced to bail out of another F-84 in Spain in 1962. (1)

Source(1): Boston Sunday Advertiser, “Ejection Seat Saves Pilot Second Time”, November 6, 1966