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Today in History – April 5, 1962 – 1962 Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600m

Neil Armstrong and the X-15 by Bob van der Linden, Posted on Tue, July 23, 2019, Aeronautics Department, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum “Released from duty in mid-1952, Armstrong returned to Purdue where he earned his degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. His love of flight and engineering drew him to the National Advisory

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Mansfield, Edward S.

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Edward S. Mansfield

Preferred Name: Ted
Date of Birth: November 6, 1936
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Salem, MA
Headed West Date: October 24, 2021
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Ted Mansfield flew the F-100 with the 308th & 306th Tactical Fighter Squadrons out of George AFB, CA.

An article in New England Aviation History tells of the day Ted was forced to abandon his F-84…

“On November 5, 1966, Massachusetts Air National Guard Captain Edward S. Mansfield was piloting an F-84 fighter jet in the vicinity of Freedom, New Hampshire, when mechanical failure forced him to abandon the aircraft.  The F-84 crashed and exploded in Freedom.  Meanwhile Capt. Mansfield came down safely in the neighboring town of Proctor, Maine.

Captain Mansfield was assigned to the 102nd Tactical Fighter Group then stationed at Boston’s Logan International Airport.”

Units Assigned

  • 34th Fighter-Day Squadron
  • 1962 Torrejon, Spain (F-84)
  • 1966 102nd Tactical Fighter Group, MAANG (F-84C)
  • 308th & 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George AFB, CA (F-100)

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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

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