WHITTEKER, RICHARD LEE
Name: Richard Lee Whitteker Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O3 Unit: Date of Birth: 07 February 1939 Home City of Record: EASTON PA 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: Badley, James 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.
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/6 YRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
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03/04/02
Richard "Red" Whitteker's bio doesn't include the name of his backseater, James L. Badley. Badley traded into the trip with Whitteker and this story is documented in a book about James Badley called "Angels Unknown." Website: www.AngelsUnknown.net
Lynda Twyman Paffrath
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Library of Congress Files:
North Vietnam, pre-1975: NARRATIVE, MAPS, DETAILED REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, BIOGRAPHIC/SITE REPORT, JCRC ACTIVITY SUMMARY Country: North Vietnam, pre-1975
Name: RICHARD L. WHITTEKER
Subjects: BAN KATOI; BO TRACH PROVINCE; QUANG BINH PROVINCE; Aircraft downed; Missing
Reel: 245
Page: 1-6
Type of Document: Miscellaneous
Date of Report: 00 00 00
Date of Information: 68 03 27
Originator: JCRC
Category: Casualty files
North Vietnam, pre-1975: Biographic/site report update case 1105 Country: North Vietnam, pre-1975
Name: Badley, J.L.
Subjects: Quang Binh; Crash site
Comments: VNOSMP turned over set of 33 documents to DET-2 including unilateral investigation report, case 1105 detailing 14 Oct 97 investigation in Hanoi of personal effects possibly related to case as requested by US. 3 individuals provided info possibly associated with case. JTFFA analysis of report determined VNOSMP fulfilled 2 of 3 requirements and identified leads for further investigation and excavation. Witnesses suggested previous excavation of crash site in area of aircraft fuselage, not cockpit where personal effects previously found.
Reel: 472
Reference Number: 1105-0-01
Page: 353-57
Type of Document: Miscellaneous
Date of Report: 98 08 04
Date of Information: 97 11 29
Originator: JTFFA
Category: MISC PW FILES
North Vietnam, pre-1975: NARRATIVE, MAPS, DETAILED REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, BIOGRAPHIC/SITE REPORT, JCRC ACTIVITY SUMMARY Country: North Vietnam, pre-1975
Name: RICHARD L. WHITTEKER
Subjects: BAN KATOI; BO TRACH PROVINCE; QUANG BINH PROVINCE; Aircraft downed; Missing
Reel: 245
Page: 1-6
Type of Document: Miscellaneous
Date of Report: 00 00 00
Date of Information: 68 03 27
Originator: JCRC
Category: Casualty files