April 13, 1971 – The pilot with call-sign “Blade 5” who was assigned to the 614th TFS out of Phan Rang, is hit by enemy fire and crashes while flying F-100D #55379. He is recovered. No other information is available.
Today in History – March 12, 1967 and 1971 – 1Lt Joe Adrian and 1LT Clive Jeffs both MIA
Two F-100 pilots lost 4 years apart. On this day in 1967, 1st Lieutenant Joseph Daniel “Joe” Adrian flying F-100D #55-3611 was on a night scramble from the Tuy Hoa Runway, Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam. About six miles from the end of the runway over the South China Sea, his aircraft crashed. First Lieutenant