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8:41am 09-02-2015 george bletsch: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; the actual site index of pictures of denang #57 Patrick wiggins

8:35am 09-02-2015 george bletsch: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; cj under links go to top one 366th tfw then index of pictures gunfighters scroll down to Patrick wiggins 6 frames of a film found in hobby shop he apologizes for quality of pics. the frames show pr26 moments before crash put them in pictyure gallery?

5:38pm 03-11-2015 david altman: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes please; This week i turned 66… I referenced my 21st. birthday, celebrated in DaNang, RVN…..
Forty-five years ago...On March 16th. 1970… a typical steamy hot sunny day in Viet Nam. A bunch of us had just come out of the squadron shack, just off of the flight line after hearing our det relief aircraft, PR 26 was on final approach. We joined the oddly uniformed crowd forming on the flight line already waiting to greet our squadron mates with beer and cold drinks icing in barrels… eager to greet our friends and get our mail…
In the crowd we jockeyed for position, watching as our EC-121 banked in final approach to the runway. In an instant it began to roll to the right… clipped its wing.. and cart-wheeled over two revetted F-4 phantoms and broke up into three pieces in a ball of fire.
In moments the crowd fragmented in all directions… i and others rushing to the crash site. I remember standing there… helpless as the fire crews worked heroically to extinguish the inferno and save who could be saved. Going through the wreckage i was crying… I thought of home and Lakewood and how far away it all was… and how alone and frightened i was and mostly how happy i was to still be alive.
In the blink of an eye.. we lost 23 of the 31 aboard. Fine men… the crew of PR-26.
I am still so very happy to be alive… and will always remember them, and hope to be worthy of this life.";

9:22am 01-10-2015 Anita Bingham: Would you like this information added to the main site?
sure; My husband, Charles Bingham, was one of the survivors. He can be reached at [email protected], should anyone like to contact him.

4:33pm 04-05-2014 Joe Ortega: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; I was an AK2 in maintance control when the plane went down. At first there was confusing over which squadrons plane it was, because VW1 was also due in. I helped unload the planes engines so they could be inspected. We all had friends and coworkers onboard. Guy Denton was my nxt door neighbor in Atsugi, may he RIP and i pray his family is well.

10:36pm 03-15-2014 AUGIE: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; As I sit in the central time zone at 2230 03/15/14 it is about the very min. PR 26 went down 44 years ago. May we never forget.

11:22am 03-03-2014 Richard Kirby: Would you like this information added to the main site?
spray used to clean rails at hangers in Atsugi Japan VQ1 1967; I was stationed with VQ1 in 1967 was just an E3 at the time and cleaned the weeds from the rails that the hanger doors slid on with a herb-aside I believe it was agent orange brought in off manifest and we would spray it then scrap it the next day. I now have type 2 diabetes and and am applying for va benefits anyone that can confirm please write. Thank you.

9:27am 02-05-2014 GEORGE,BLETSCH: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; you can find pictures of the actual crash happening ,under patrick wiggins at bottom of page 366th gunfighters site PICTURES OF DENANG NO57 ETC. LOOK FOR PATRICK WIGGINS NEAR BOTTOM

11:16am 11-29-2013 John Augustynowicz: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; I was on PR 24 when 26 crashed. They were are replacements. As I remember we were either in P.I. or Tiwan? We were told to go back to Da Nang. Lost a few good friends and I thing about them every year on Nov. 11th when I am in DC at the Wall.

2:56am 10-11-2013 Norman Roberts: Would you like this information added to the main site?
Yes; I was a good friend of Barry's and shared a room with him in the NCO barracks in Atsugi, Japan. We also rented a small house together in Yamato, just outside the base. I didn't fly like Barry did, but took care of the aircraft communication systems on the ground crew. Barry and I hung out together quite a bit and he taught me a lot about photography, one of his passions. My memories of our friendship and time spent together will always be with me. Thanks to all who contribute to this site to keep those memories in our hearts,

8:14pm 05-19-2013 Ken Stephens: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; I was stationed in VQ-1 from 7/68 to 7/70. Flew as an enlisted crewman in A-3s. I was a close personal friend of Barry Searby. It has been 43 years and I still miss him. Sometimes I feel his presence. It sounds weird, but it is actually very comforting when that happens.

9:31am 03-26-2013 Norman L. Sparling: Would you like this information added to the main site?
Yes; Served with VQ-1 1968 & 1969

7:01pm 03-17-2013 Albert Litzow: Would you like this information added to the main site?
yes; I was attached to the 9 th SOS for most all of 1970 although I was officially with the Army 7th Psyops Battalion . I virtually never went to lunch but that day was meeting an old friend at the NCO club. I had just stepped onto the baseball field when I heard radial engines going full throttle ( I had Commercial ,instrument and multi engine ratings in civilian life) I looked up and there was a C121 headed virtually right at me. It was still relatively wings level and nose down as I turned and ran I heard it hit and looked around. I saw the fireball but more than that I saw the tail section virtually right over my head. I've never figured out if this was true but it appeared hundreds of feet up slowly flipping. It hit about 20 yds to the north of me. The next thing I saw was a young airman running full tilt towards the rear door, he starts pulling on the door handle,
I started forward and was about yell "the fuselage is busted open",
when the door opened from the inside and this bent over airman
dropped into the arms of the the runner. I also recall a middle section
of the aircraft had come over the retaining wall and was resting on a tanker truck. We heard eleven had lived but I never found out if
that was true at least for a little while.
The response from rescue personnel was very quick.

5:32pm 12-02-2012 Gary wheeling: Would you like this information added to the main site?
Yes; I was a crew chief in the air force fire dept.to this day I still remember responding to this crash.we had a lot action there,but by for this was the worst crash I had worked.

9:18pm 09-07-2012 Gary wheeling: Would you like this information added to the main site?
Yes; I was a crew chief in the crash/rescue fire dept USAF .this crash was the worst crash I have ever responded too.it's been over 40 years and I can visualize every second of this crash.as a footnote several of us were told that we would receive the bronze star.this didnot happen.afte I returned to the states I mentioned this to my fire chief .he checked the status of this and he was told that danang had no records of me being there.I advised my chief to tell whoever to shove it

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