7 January 1968 – Major D.P. Wright was serving with the 612TFS out of Phu Cat in January of 1968. On the 7th of that month, he set out on a strafing mission to find an enemy gun position in SVN. His aircraft was hit in the left fuselage. He ejected and was rescued by an Army helo. D.P. suffered minor injuries.
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