18 December 1968 – 1Lt Harry W Roberts was forced to eject from F-100C #541931 after encountering small arms fire while en route to his target in Southeast Asia. Roberts was rescued by an Army helo. Roberts was serving with the 136th TFS out of Tuy Hoa AB in Vietnam.
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