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 – July 27, 1960 – Thunderbirds pilot Capt John R Crane’s F-100C crashes.
July 27, 1960 – North American F-100C #53-1740, assigned to the USAF Thunderbirds on 28 March 1960, crashes fifty miles from Nellis AFB, Nevada, killing Capt. John R. Crane during a solo proficiency flight. John Crane was born on August 21, 1926, in Las Vegas, NV. He served as narrator and information officer for the