AIR STRIKE MISSIONS, SOUTHEAST ASIA Reel 3 · Part 1

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Reel 1: PILOT: Col. Repp and Obedier, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, OPERATIONS: Tiger Hound, TARGET: 161900 North 1071400 East. Shows few visible hits. MISSION: SLTH 228, DATE: 28 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 153': PILOT: Maj Ives, AIRCRAFT: A-1E, TARGET: XD 790357, MISSION: 2-3096, DATE: 7 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 224': PILOT: Lt. Col. Hildreth, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, TARGET: XD 790357 Napalm bursts. MISSION: 2-3096, DATE: 7 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 349': PILOT: McGinnis, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 201, OPERATIONS: MacArthur, TARGET: AR 950719 Hits and multiple drop of fragmentation bombs M1A4. MISSION: SLTH-226, DATE: 11 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 457': AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 201, TARGET: XC 266662 Drops visible and salvo drop of fragmentation bombs M1A4. MISSION: SLTH-227, DATE: 6 March 1968, UNIT: 1st ACW 6th Air Commando Squadron. 568': PILOT: Reeves, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, OPERATIONS: Tiger Hound, TARGET: YB 456377 and YB 382439 Bombs impacting, Cluster Bomb Unit--drop and impacting. MISSION: SLTH-227, DATE: 3 March 1968, UNIT: 6th Air Commando Squadron. 756': PILOT: Maj. Peterson, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 990, TARGET: YD Two passes and two impacts, MISSION: 313, DATE: 9 November 1967, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th ACW. 805': PILOT: Pearce, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 528, OPERATIONS: Middleton, TARGET: BQ 132420, MISSION: 10-9680, DATE: 30 October 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 838': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: PILOT: Lapham, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 445, OPERATIONS: MacArthur, TARGET: BR 035398, MISSION: 11-9934, DATE: 29 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 165': PILOT: Belcher, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, OPERATIONS: MacArthur, TARGET: YB 941121 Rockets firing, MISSION: 11-1140, DATE: 3 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 212': PILOT: Westfall, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 582, TARGET: YC 470000 Rockets firing. MISSION: SLTH 219, DATE: 1 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 304': PILOT: Maj. Ives, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, OPERATIONS: Tiger Hound, TARGET: 152420 North 1070000 East, MISSION: SLTH-225, DATE: 8 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 394': PILOT: Pilot: Reeves, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 528, OPERATIONS: Scotland, TARGET: 163400 North 1064015 East BLU-23 impact. MISSION: 2-3255, DATE: 8 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 525': PILOT: Pegg, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 990, TARGET: XD 256477, MISSION: 7AF-68-034, DATE: 3 February 1968, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron. 564': PILOT: Col. Repp, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 201, OPERATIONS: Tiger Hound, TARGET: YB 509215, MISSION: SLTH 228, DATE: 23 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 648': PILOT: McGinnis, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, OPERATIONS: Tiger Hound, TARGET: YB 201295, MISSION: SLTH-2, DATE: 21 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 733': PILOT: Bonds, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 542, TARGET: AR 978158, MISSION: 9-7330, DATE: 22 September 1967, UNIT: 1s ACSF. 803': Total footage in reel. Reel 3: PILOT: Sinnott, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 514, TARGET: CQ 055483 Rockets hitting entrenched gun site and white phosphorous impacts (good). MISSION: 9-6505, DATE: 23 September 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 154': PILOT: Capt. Boone, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 888, TARGET: BR 968428 MK81 bombs impacting near river. MISSION: 12-2552, DATE: 10 December 1967, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron. 219': PILOT: Maj. Ives, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 883, TARGET: BR 968428 MK81 impacting near river. MISSION: 12-2552, DATE: 10 December 1967, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron. 284': PILOT: Williams, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 582, OPERATIONS: MacArthur, TARGET: AR 978482 MK81s impacting. MISSION: 11-7971, DATE: 24 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 373': PILOT: Lee, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 577, OPERATIONS: MacArthur, TARGET: BQ 029838 Impacts. MISSION: 11-9021, DATE: 24 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 444': PILOT: Lee, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 528, TARGET: ZA 015840 Bombs dropping and impacting. MISSION: 11-9039, DATE: 24 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 537': PILOT: Lt Col. Hildreth, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, TARGET: AR 856954 Several passes over jungle cover and Cluster Bomb Unit-25 bomblets dropping and exploding. MISSION: SLTH-228, DATE: 3 February 1968, UNIT: Detachment 14th ACW. 756': PILOT: Col. Repp, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 865, OPERATIONS: MacArthur, TARGET: AR 960750 Smoke from bomb, BLU-23 explosions Cluster Bomb Unit-25 bomblets dropping. MISSION: 1-9854, DATE: 30 January 1968, UNIT: Detachment 1 14th ACW. 878': Total footage in reel. Reel 4: PILOT: Maj. Gunster, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 598, TARGET: 171400/1054900 Two bomb explosions. MISSION: Frag 327, DATE: 23 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 10': PILOT: Peterson, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 893, TARGET: YB 226899 Firing rockets (2.75) and Cluster Bomb Unit dropping, MISSION: SLTH 233, DATE: 23 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 105': PILOT: Maj. Gunster and Helmick, AIRCRAFT: (2) A-1Es No. 007 and 646, TARGET: 171840/1053340 Bomb explosions. MISSION: Frag 331, DATE: 27 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 153': PILOT: Capt. Yarborough, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 646, TARGET: 165745/1054510/165710/1055610/164935/1054350/172140/ 1052020 CBU-14 bomblets dropping and exploding. MISSION: 341 SL 116, DATE: 7 December 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 318': PILOT: Maj. Westfall, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 893, OPERATIONS: Tiger Hound, TARGET: YB 458267 Cluster Bomb Unit-14 releasing and impacting and Cluster Bomb Unit dispenser and rocket pod falling. MISSION: SLTH 222, DATE: 7 November 1967, UNIT: 1st ACSF. 422': PILOT: Saffell, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 007, TARGET: WD 797853 and WD 805885 M-117 and MK82s exploding. MISSION: Frag 332, DATE: 28 November 1967, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron. 468': PILOT: Capt. Yarborough, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 007, TARGET: 170400/1054730 M-117 and MK82s exploding. MISSION: Frag 331, DATE: 27 November 1967, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron. 527': PILOT: Maj. Gunster, AIRCRAFT: A-1E No. 448, TARGET: WD 611911 Explosions from Mk-82s. MISSION: Frag 328, DATE: 24 November 1967, UNIT: 1st Air Commando Squadron. 565': PILOT: Maj. Westfall, AIRCRAFT: A-1G No. 865, TARGET: YB 995195 Napalm dropping and impacting and Cluster Bomb Unit-25 bomblets releasing. MISSION: SL/TH 227, DATE: 4 March 1968, UNIT: 6th Air Commando Squadron. 700': Total footage in reel.

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