EB-66 RB-66 Losses |
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Type |
Serial Number |
Date |
Details |
RB-66B |
53-0452 |
22-Oct-65 |
Combat Loss, lost on night mission northwest of Pleiku in South Vietnam, 363rd TRW TDY to Tan Son Nhut. Capt R L Mann & 1Lt J Weger Jr both KIA. |
RB-66B |
54-0421 |
12-Dec-59 |
Crashed at Welsh Myers Farm, Skeffingham, Leicestershire England, 19th TRS, Bruntingthorpe RAF, 1Lt Gary R. Goad, pilot; 1Lt Charles L. Bone, nav; A2C Ralph L. Noell, gunner |
RB-66B |
54-0427 |
unk |
Converted to EB-66E. Burned at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand |
RB-66B |
16-Mar-61 |
54-0430 |
Lost over the North sea near Holland, 19th TRS, Capt Harry Armani, pilot; Capt Dan Harvey, nav; 1Lt Chip Whitley, nav |
RB-66B |
54-0439 |
21-Apr-70 |
Converted to EB-66E. Engine explosion and fire at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. |
RB-66B |
54-0441 |
30-Jul-70 |
Converted to EB-66E. Damaged by fire |
RB-66B |
54-0445 |
Jul-73 |
Converted to EB-66E. Jumped chocks on engine run up, hit light pole. |
RB-66B |
54-0524 |
05-Mar-68 |
Converted to EB-66E. Engine failure. 41st TRS, Takhli, 3 crew members recovered |
RB-66B |
54-0529 |
23-Dec-72 |
Converted to EB-66E. Crashed on landing. 42nd TEWS, 388th TFW, Korat, Maj. George F. Sasser, pilot; Capt. William R. Baldwin, nav; Maj. James Repeta, EWO. All killed. |
B-66B |
53-0491 |
19-Jul-68 |
Converted to EB-66B ECM aircraft. Pilot error, landed short of runway. 41st TRS, Takhli, 2 crew survived. |
B-66B |
53-0498 |
07-Apr-69 |
Converted to EB-66B ECM aircraft. Engine failure on take off from Takhli. 42nd TEWS, Takhli, LtCol Edwin P. Anderson, LtCol James E.Ricketts, 1st Lt. Joseph M. Orlowski. All killed. |
EB-66C |
54-0457 |
25-Feb-66 |
Combat Loss to SA-2, crashed at sea. 41st TRS, Takhli. Maj R P Walker, ejected & rescued; Capt John B Causey, KIA; status of other 4 crew members unknown. |
RB-66C |
54-0460 |
07-Feb-62 |
Operational Loss. Crashed on landing at Chelveston AFB, England, Capt. Charles E. "Skip" Jones, pilot; 1st Lt. Richard A. "Moose" Morris, nav; 1st Lt. Norbert J. "Nez" Maier, EWO; S/Sgt Leroy Daughenbaugh, Jr, Gunner (Killed); 1st Lt. William R Becraft, EWO (Killed); 1st Lt. James T. Weymark, EWO (Killed); 1st Lt. Reynolds W. McCabe, EWO (Killed) |
EB-66C |
54-0462 |
06-Dec-67 |
Control failure, crashed on landing at Takhli. 41st TEWS, Takhli, 3 crew members killed. |
EB-66C |
54-0464 |
20-Jul-66 |
Combat loss to SA-2, crashed in North Vietnam (21.51N 105.17E). 41st TRS, 460th TRW, Takhli, Capt. William H. Means Jr., pilot; 1Lt. Edward L. Hubbard, nav; Capt. Lawrence Barbay, EWO; Capt. Glendon W. Perkins, EWO; Capt. Norman A. McDaniel, EWO; (all released POWs); and 1Lt. Craig R. Nobert, EWO (MIA). |
EB-66C |
54-0466 |
02-Apr-72 |
Combat loss to SA-2, crashed in South Vietnam (16.45N 106.41E). 42nd TEWS, Korat, Bat 21: Maj. Wayne L. Bolte, pilot (MIA); LtCol I E Hambleton, nav, (rescued); 1Lt. Robin F. Gatwood, EWO (MIA); LtCol. Anthony R. Giannangeli, EWO (MIA); LtCol. Charles A. Levis, EWO (MIA); and Maj. Henry M. Serex, EWO (MIA). |
EB-66C |
54-0473 |
17-Nov-67 |
Engine failure after take-off. 41st TEWS, Takhli, 2 crew members survived. |
EB-66C |
55-0384 |
24-Oct-70 |
Pilot Error. 42nd TEWS, Korat, 6 crew recovered |
EB-66C |
55-0387 |
04-Feb-67 |
Combat loss to MIG, crashed in North Vietnam ( 22.08N 105.50E). 41st TRS, 432TRW, Takhli, Capt. John Fer, pilot; Maj. Jack W. Bomar, (Nav); (both released POWs); Capt. Russell A. Poor, EWO (MIA); Capt. Herb Doby, EWO; and Maj. Woodrow Hoover EWO; .1Lt. John O. Davies; Woodrow H. Wilburn (remains returned). Call sign "Harpoon 01 |
EB-66C |
55-0388 |
14-Jan-68 |
Combat loss to MIG, crashed in North Vietnam (19.33N 104.33E). 41st TEWS, 355TFW Takhli, Maj Pollard H "Sonnie" Mercer, pilot, rescued but died from injuries; Major Attilio "Pete" Pedroli, Instructor Nav, rescued; Maj Irby O. Terrell, Nav, POW; Maj Thomas Sumpter, EWO, POW; 1st Lt Ronald Lebert, EWO, POW; Capt Hubert Walker, EWO, POW; 1st Lt. James E. Thompson, EWO, rescued. Call sign "Preview 01 |
EB-66C |
55-0389 |
10-Mar-71 |
Control failure on take-off. 42nd TEWS, Korat, 6 crew members recovered |
RB-66B |
54-0540 |
72 |
Converted to EB-66E. Crashed on takeoff . 42nd TEWS, Korat |
RB-66C |
54-0451 |
10-Mar-64 |
Cold War Loss, shot down over Gardelegen, East Germany, 19th TRS, Toul-Rosieres AB, France. |