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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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Swenson, Patrick N.

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Patrick Nolan Swenson

Preferred Name: Pat
Date of Birth: February 24, 1935
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Turner, MT
Biography
Pilot Information

Pat Swenson flew the F-100 from 1963-1964 with the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Misawa AB, Japan and from 1965-1966 with the 416th out of Tan Son Nhut and Bien Hoa Airbases in Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 1/3/1954 Entered USAF
  • 1956-1959 307th Tactical Fighter Squadron/308th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Turner AFB, GA
  • 1959-1963 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC
  • 1963-194 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan
  • 1964-1965 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA
  • 1965-1966 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tan Son Nhut/Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam
  • 1967-1970 4511th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ
  • 1970-1971 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Upper Heyford RAFB, England
  • 2/1/1974 Retired USAF

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Civilian Education:

  • USC

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