| Date: 27 October 1967 |
| Aircraft type: F-105D Thunderchief |
| Serial Number: 61-0126 |
| Military Unit: 469 TFS, 388 TFW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Korat |
| Name(s): |
| Capt Russell Edward Temperley (POW) |
| Later in the day the F-105s were back over Hanoi, this time bombing a storage area about 10 miles southwest of the city. As the formation approached the target area and rolled in, one of the aircraft (call sign Warhawk) was damaged by AAA. With the rear end of his aircraft on fire, Capt Temperley turned southwest but only flew for about 10 miles before he was forced to eject. He landed in a tree and was immediately captured and taken to the New Guy Village in the Heartbreak Hotel area of the Hanoi Hilton. The irony of Capt Temperley’s situation was that he had taken off from Korat as the airborne spare that accompanied most strikes up to a certain point and then turned back if the rest of the formation was serviceable. On this occasion one of the F-105s had to abort due to mechanical problems and Capt Temperley took his place. He was finally released from prison on 14 March 1973. 61-0126 was painted as ‘Miss Texas’ and ‘Ol’ Red Jr’ at various times during its career in Southeast Asia. |
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