Starkweather, Jerome Frank
see PODELL
Name:
Jerome Frank Starkweather
Branch/Rank: U.S. Air Force Reserve / O3 Captain
Unit: 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, 7th Air Force
Date of Birth: 10/14/1931
Home City of Record: Pueblo,
CO
Date of Loss:
09 Jun 67
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates:
Status (in 1973): NOT noted on PMSEA
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: C-130B
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Pilot
CAPT Rafael L. Rivera-Balaguer, co-pilot
CAPT Jerome F. Starkweather, navigator
CAPT Richard W. Podell, loadmaster
SSGT Ricky L. Herndon, and flight engineers
SSGT Ira E. Scott and SSGT
William E. Tyree. Its passengers (all U.S. Army) were
1LT Richard A. Gray,
SP5 Frank R. Ragusa, SP4 Craig R. Schoenbaum, and SP5
Andrew H. Shimp.
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.
BIO ADDED 11/21/18
REMARKS:
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by William M. Killian October 2018 On June 9, 1967, a USAF C-130B Hercules (#58-0737) from the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed approximately 12 miles east of Tan Son Nhut, RVN. The C-130B, with ten persons aboard, was conducting a series of scheduled logistics flights within South Vietnam. The last leg of the trip was from Nha Trang to Saigon. As the aircraft neared Saigon it was vectored around an artillery firing zone. The aircraft broke up in flight, with both wings separating from the fuselage, and crashed. It was assumed that the structural failure resulted from ground fire. There were no survivors. The lost crew included pilot CAPT Rafael L. Rivera-Balaguer, co-pilot CAPT Jerome F. Starkweather, navigator CAPT Richard W. Podell, loadmaster SSGT Ricky L. Herndon, and flight engineers SSGT Ira E. Scott and SSGT William E. Tyree. Its passengers (all U.S. Army) were 1LT Richard A. Gray, SP5 Frank R. Ragusa, SP4 Craig R. Schoenbaum, and SP5 Andrew H. Shimp. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and aviation-safety.net]
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| Podell was not on the POW/MIA lists. Nor are "The lost crew included pilot CAPT Rafael L. Rivera-Balaguer, co-pilot CAPT Jerome F. Starkweather, navigator CAPT Richard W. Podell, loadmaster SSGT Ricky L. Herndon, and flight engineers SSGT Ira E. Scott and SSGT William E. Tyree. Its passengers (all U.S. Army) were 1LT Richard A. Gray, SP5 Frank R. Ragusa, SP4 Craig R. Schoenbaum, and SP5 Andrew H. Shimp. " His name is NOT on the Indiana Accounted for nor Unaccounted for Indiana Lists. He IS noted as accounted for if you use DPAA search feature in their web page. The others are not.
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