Son of U.S. Air Force Lt. General Frank Alton Armstrong, Jr.
On October 6, 1967, Major Frank Alton "Dutch" Armstrong, III was the pilot of an A-1E which was on a bombing mission in southern Laos. His was the lead aircraft in a flight of two A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, 7th Air Force, based at Pleiku, South Vietnam.
As Major Armstrong rolled his aircraft, tail number 52-132663, in to deliver his weapons, his aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire, and his Skyraider rolled inverted and crashed. His wingman did not see Major Armstrong exit the aircraft, and no emergency radio signals or other signs of his survival were observed.
Major Armstrong's name is located on Panel 27E, Line 058, of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
On October 6, 1967, Major Frank Alton "Dutch" Armstrong, III was the pilot of an A-1E which was on a bombing mission in southern Laos. His was the lead aircraft in a flight of two A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, 7th Air Force, based at Pleiku, South Vietnam.
As Major Armstrong rolled his aircraft, tail number 52-132663, in to deliver his weapons, his aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire, and his Skyraider rolled inverted and crashed. His wingman did not see Major Armstrong exit the aircraft, and no emergency radio signals or other signs of his survival were observed.
Major Armstrong's name is located on Panel 27E, Line 058, of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
Son of U.S. Air Force Lt. General Frank Alton Armstrong, Jr.
On October 6, 1967, Major Frank Alton "Dutch" Armstrong, III was the pilot of an A-1E which was on a bombing mission in southern Laos. His was the lead aircraft in a flight of two A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, 7th Air Force, based at Pleiku, South Vietnam.
As Major Armstrong rolled his aircraft, tail number 52-132663, in to deliver his weapons, his aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire, and his Skyraider rolled inverted and crashed. His wingman did not see Major Armstrong exit the aircraft, and no emergency radio signals or other signs of his survival were observed.
Major Armstrong's name is located on Panel 27E, Line 058, of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
On October 6, 1967, Major Frank Alton "Dutch" Armstrong, III was the pilot of an A-1E which was on a bombing mission in southern Laos. His was the lead aircraft in a flight of two A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, 7th Air Force, based at Pleiku, South Vietnam.
As Major Armstrong rolled his aircraft, tail number 52-132663, in to deliver his weapons, his aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire, and his Skyraider rolled inverted and crashed. His wingman did not see Major Armstrong exit the aircraft, and no emergency radio signals or other signs of his survival were observed.
Major Armstrong's name is located on Panel 27E, Line 058, of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
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