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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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John Charles Price

Preferred Name: Jake
Date of Birth: August 21, 1936
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: NC
Biography
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Jake Price flew the F-100 in 1959 at Luke AFB in AZ. He then went to Nellis AFB in NV with a Fighter Weapons Squadron. Jake was then assigned to the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron from 1960-1964 out of Hahn AB, Germany. After Hahn, he flew the F-100 with the 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron out of  Myrtle Beach AFB from 1965-1967.

 

Units Assigned

  • 1959 Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1959 Fighter Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
  • 1960-1964 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100)
  • 1965-1967 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron,  Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (F-100)

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