Vietnam: Douglas A-26 invader

 

Pilot Major James Sizemore was flying the aircraft the night the two airmen were shot down
Flags ordered to fly at half-mast as remains of two airmen killed in Vietnam war in 1969 are flown home for Arlington burial

 Douglas A-26 invader, used through 1969 in Vietnam

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Air Commando: Inside The Air Force Special Operations Command

Whilst approaching the base an engine fire forced the crew, Captain James McCleskey, pilot, and Captain Mike Scruggs, navigator, to bale out. Tragically the ... The pick-up of the first crew was to be the last successful rescue of an A-26A crew member for the remainder of the Nimrod's time in Southeast Asia. 

 

(Mike flew 35 combat missions as a navigator in the A-26K fighter-bomber. On February 22, 1967, he was one of few to bail out of a burning. propeller-driven A-26 attack bomber at night over enemy territory and live to tell about it.  He was hospitalized for five months. BT)

 

 Amazon 4 1/2 stars.

In Lessons from the Vietnam War, Mike Scruggs offers a unique overview of America's military involvement in Southeast Asia from 1960 to its tragic conclusion in 1975. A decorated Air Force combat veteran, he lived through the hellish anti-aircraft environment of low-level armed reconnaissance and attack missions over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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