As of 31 December 2024 the Super Sabre Society will be no more. We had a good run and the stories of our F-100 pilots will live on. Many thanks to Jack Paddock of Heart and Soul Web Design (https://heartandsoulwebdesign.com/) for the design and management of our site. After 31 December, the site will be
16 July 1969 – Capt. James V. Dawson was serving with the 416th TFS/7th AF. He had begun his service after enlisting in the USAF and entering through the regular military. Dawson was born on February 16, 1940, and lived in Ashland, KY. On July 16, 1969, he was the pilot of a North American […]
15 July 1963 – Two North American F-100 Super Sabres of the 492d Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, suffer a mid-air collision during routine gunnery exercise on the Holbeach Range. Both aircraft crashed into the sea five miles off King’s Lynn. Pilot 1Lt. L. C. Marshall parachuted from
Today in History – July 15, 1963 – Two F-100’s in mid-air collision. Read More »
14 July 1938 – On July 10, 1938, Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., along with a crew of four, departed Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere. His airplane was a Lockheed Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2, registered NX18973. Aboard were Harry P. McLean Connor, co-pilot and navigator; 1st