Chilling tale by Dick Rutan

This is a direct quote from the Arlington National Cemetary website and the
link to the entire entry.

He was serving as commander of the 3rd Division of the Strategic Air Command
when he was killed on July 25, 1967 in the collision of two B-52 bombers
over the South China Sea. They were on their way to a bombing mission over
Vietnam at the time.

His body was not recovered and a memorial headstone is in Section G of
Arlington National Cemetery.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wjcrumm.htm



DD






"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
...
In message , Tex Houston
writes

Greasy Rider @ invalid.com wrote in message
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Vietnam Combat Story by Dick Rutan

The only USAF General Officer to die during the Vietnam conflict did
so not thirty feet from my cockpit. It was an absolutely horrific
experience.

While I still admire and respect Dick Rutan his opening paragraph in this
story always bothered me. It was not true at the time and still gets
repeated as absolute fact. Major General William Joseph Crumm was killed
in
a mid-air collision on 7 July 1967. The incident Dick writes about
occurred
a year later.

Regards,

Tex Houston


AIUI it's not Rutan's personal story. It says at the beginning 'this from
an AF pilot who was a Misty 100 driver based at Phu Cat with Rutan'.

--
Peter

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