BADLEY, JAMES LINDSAY
Name: James Lindsay Badley Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O2/Pilot Unit: Date of Birth: 16 April 1942 Home City of Record: Hermiston OR Date of Loss: 27 March 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 171954 North 1061214 East Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: Whitteker,James Refno: 1105
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File.
REMARKS:
James Badley was a two year Air Force Veteran. CACCF notes the plane crashed.
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Richard L. Whitteker was the aircraft commander on Jim's last mission. Jim traded into the flight with Whitteker and that story is documented in a book about Badley's life called "Angels Unknown" by Lynda Twyman Paffrath. website: www.AngelsUnknown.net
Lynda Twyman Paffrath