EC-47 Crewmembers, Front and Back, Roster
Received from, Allen Kesselring, Brandon, Florida.

Received from, Thomas W. Burchfield, Tutwiler, Mississippi.

Thomas was a Morse Intercept Operator with the 6994th Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut in 1968/69. He retired in 1971.

Received from, Mike Stelzer, Houston, Texas.

Mike was was a 202 Analyst with Detachment 2, 6994th Security Squadron at Danang from March 1971 to May 1972. Good Site, many familiar names and memories.

Mike's Email Address is: eternally (at) comcast.net

Received from, Kevin Critzer, Dellwood, Minn.

Kevin was an Airborne Intelligence Analyst with the 6994th Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut and NKP from May 1972 to June 1973. Glad to find a site aimed at the EC-47 Gooney Bird.

Received from, Daniel F. Hayes, New York, New York.

Daniel served with the 360th Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron as an Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot and Check Pilot (SEFE) from August 1971 to August 1972. Says he flew with Charles Coolidge (now Lt. Gen. Coolidge, Vice-Commander Air Force Material Command.

Received from, Ronald C. Schroeder, Peoria, Illinois.

Ron was assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron as a 202, 1968-71 ((??))

Received from, Edward E. HOsbach, Beavercreek, Ohio.

Edward was assigned to the 360th Tactical Electronics Warfare Sqadron at Tan Son Nhut as a Pilot from November 1966 to October 1967. He was a member of one of the early Ferry Flight Crews, (bringing the aircraft from Grenier Field New Hampshire to Tan Son Nhut). Quite a trip for a 2 engine aircraft over a four engine ocean.

Received this on August 5th, As a pilot on the Phyliss Ann project, I was part of the crew to ferry an aircraft from Grenier Field, NH to Vietnam on Oct.66. We finally brought the aircraft in to TSN on 6 Nov.66. My tour was from that date to departure on 20 Oct.67. I flew out of TSN. There were, however several TDY's when we staged out of Pleiku in May/June'67 and Hue Phu Bai in Sept'67. In the air, the tour of duty can pretty well be summarized by hours and hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of signal activity. To this day I am amazed at the capabilities of the guys in "the back end". It was all worth while. The living quarters in Saigon were, well, very interesting.

Received from, John W. Vaughn.

John says he was assigned to the 360th Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron from April 1970 to April 1971. He did not give any details of his tour.

Received from, David C. MacNamee, Clearwater, Florida.

David was assigned to the 361st Tactical Electronicw Warfare Squadron as an Instructor/Flight Examiner Navigator from March 1973 to March 1974 with the latter part at Ubon. Says he flew one of the last if not the last mission to fly over Vietnam.

Received from, Earnest J. Ray, Santa Cruz, California.

Ray says he was assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron at Phu Cat as Launch Crew Chief from October, 1969 to October, 1979. I just found out about this site, it's really great. I can't wait to look through the whole thing.

Received from, Larry Hendel, San Angelo, Texas

Larry says he was assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron at Danang as a 203MD in 1971-72.

Received from, Steve Jenkins

Steve said he was assigned to the 361st Tactical Electronis Warfare Squadron at Nha Trang as Crew Chief on "026" from September 1968 to September 1969. Says he saw the names of Duane Wiskus and Ed Parker and other familiar names on the site and would love to hear from anyone who was there during his time/tour.

Received from, Hugh H. Phillippus, San Antonio, Texas.

Hugh says he was assinged to both the 361st and 362nd Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadrons from May 1972 to May 1973 and served as Operations Officer.

Received from, Ardell R. Sjolander, San Antonio, Texas.

Ardell says he was assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut as NCOIC Local Operations from October 1970 to November 1971.

Received from, Larry D. Bonham, Jacksonville, Arkansas.

Larry says he was assinged to the 362nd Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron at Pleiku, November, 1966 to November 1967, after a short stay at Tan Son Nhut. He was with the first 12 crews to go to Pleiku and started the Squadron there. Lt. Col. Harmon and Lt. Col. Cheek were the Operations Officer and Commander. John Thayer, Co-Pilot; Arnie Yuen, Nav. and Larry Bristow Crew Chief (maybe Flight Mech.- J.C.)

Received from, Don Iszler, Billings, Montana.

Don says he was an Analyst assigned to the 6994th Security Squadon in 1972/73 at DaNang and Ubon.

Received from, Nathan 'Nick' Keen.

Nick left a bit in the guestbook. Says he was assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut and NKP from July 1970 to April 1973 and served as Bravo In Flight Maintenance and SEFE. Just curious if any of the Bravo Maintenance guys I worked with are still around, Bob Salisbury, Rick Kane and Daryl Gomez to name a few.

Received from, Ed Miller

Ed says he was a EC-47 Aircraft Commander/Pilot stationed at 360 TEWS TSN from May 1972 until the unit closed and I moved to 361st at NKP in Dec 1972. I left NKP in Mar or April 1973.

When we closed the unit in TSN, I believe a Lt. Col. John W. Griffith was the CO. See attached photo.

Ed sent two photos from the last days of the 360th TEWS. One is the mascot Sugg's (sp?) in a C-47 and another of her with some senior officers.

I recall the loss of Baron 52 and Baron 56. I still have the pamphlet from the memorial service for the crew of Baron 52. I can scan it in color and send it if you are interested. I also recall being shot at in the same area where Baron 52 when down about a week or two before the loss of Baron 52. Initially we thought it was 37mm AA, but on further reflection, it was more likely an SA-7. I remember seeing the missile's white plume go between the copilot and the #2 engine if the aircraft. I recall having the navigator getting a fix on our location at the time.

Hope this info is helpful. I will register on the web site.

Ed Miller (Edward C. Miller, Capt. USAF Ret.)

Received from, Clifford T. Polk

Clifford says he was a Major and a Navigator assigned to the 360th Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron at Tan Son Nhut from Jan. 31, 1968 to Jan. 1969. Says he got there the day TET started.

Received from, Michael W. Zenko, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Michael says he was assigned to the 361st Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron in 1966. No duty title etc. given, maybe later.

Received from, Glenn H. Dieball, Box Elder, South Dakota

Glenn says he was assigned to the 362nd Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron at Danang and NKP. Worked in Aircraft Maintenance with the Ground Crew on the Back Line. Loves the site, says it brings back a lot of old memories.

Glenn's Email Address is: ghd2500(at)hotmail.com

Received from, Larry R. Pugh, Lawrenceville, Illinois.

Larry says he was a Sgt/SSgt assigned to Det. 2. 6994th Security Squadron as an Analyst at Pleiku and Danang in 1969/70.

Received from, George Logan.

George says he was assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut from August 1971 until August 1972.

Received from, John Daugherty.

John says he was a Pilot at NKP. Says he arrived in June 1969 and departed around Christmas of the same year. He said that Defendall was the Squadron Commander at the time but that Airman Bradley ran the outfit. Hope to get more on John.

Received from, John E. Hawkins, Severn, Maryland.

John left a bit in the guestbook. Says he was assigned to Det.2 6994th Security Squadron at Pleiku as an Airborne Analyst from 3 Jan. 68 to 4 Jan. 69.

Received from, Tom Dehart, Fremont, California.

I came accross your site via Google recently. After all these years, I had no idea this existed. Anyway, thanks much for taking on this responsibility. I was an intercept operator stationed at Pleiku 1969-70. While checking out your site, I went to the EC-47 History Site Main Directory and clicked on #17 Yearbooks and photos. About 2/3rd's of the way thru the list of people posting their photos, there is one from Mike Homcha relating to Pleiku. On his page 3 of photo's, there is a VERY young man wearing headsets, with the caption below "can't remember who this person is either". This is actually me! I communicated with Mike, and he now remembers me. He suggested I drop you a note to edit the photo next time you make changes and updates. I have a good new e-mail pal now with Mike, and it is great to re-establish contact and discuss old memories. This is part of my past I really have just ignored, so its good to go back and finally remember. Thanks again, Tom DeHart

Tom's Email Address: tdehartjr (at) hotmail.com

Received from, Dick Watson, Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

Dick says he was an Aircraft Commander assigned to the 362nd Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron at Pleiku from November 1967 to November 1978. Nice Site, brings back memories.




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