FLYNN, GEORGE EDWARD III

06/09/74 REMAINS RECOVERED  ID'd 01/13/76

Name: George Edward Flynn III
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O2
Unit:
Date of Birth: 06 January 1938
Home City of Record: NEW ORLEANS LA
Date of Loss: 23 September 1964 (some involved in the rescue say 24 Sept 64
- some records indicate 24 Sept 65)
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 94736 North  1045923 East
Status (in 1973): Presumptive Finding of Death
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A1E
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

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.  2020

REMARKS: 06/09/74 REMAINS RECOVERED  ID'd 01/13/76

CACCF CRASH/PILOT/DIC/KHANH HOA 4 YRS United States Air Force

No further information available at this time.

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01/2020

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CAPT GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN III

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On January 13, 1976, the Central Identification Lab–Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain George Edward Flynn III, missing from the Vietnam War.

Captain Flynn entered the U.S. Air Force from Louisiana and served in the 1st Air Commando Squadron. On September 23, 1964, he piloted an A-1E Skyraider (tail number 52-132441) on a night alert mission over South Vietnam. While over Kien Giang Province, the Skyraider was hit by enemy fire and Capt Flynn was forced to bail out. Attempts to locate him over the course of the next several days were unsuccessful. He died at some point following the loss of his aircraft, although the detailed circumstances of his death are not known; he was initially reported as captured, but in 1973, a set of remains were forwarded to the CILT that were eventually identified as those of Capt Flynn. 

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