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 – September 19, 1967 – Capt. Clyde Walter Carter is KIA after his F-100 fails on takeoff
19 September 1967 – Capt. Clyde Walter Carter was born in Miami, FL, on November 13, 1936. He was serving with the 90th TFS out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam in 1967 when his F-100 suffered a mechanical failure on takeoff. Witnesses remember “an explosion and…the aircraft rolling hard right, trailing flame. The pilot waited