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Last Rank
Major
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1115R-Pilot
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Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
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Primary Unit
1967-1967, 7th Air Force
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Service Years
1965 - 1967
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Home State
Connecticut | |
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Year of Birth
1942 |
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Austin, Charles David, Maj.
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Home Town
New Canaan |
Last Address
Ubon RTAFB
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Casualty Date
Apr 26, 1967 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
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Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Hickok Cemetery - Fairfield County, Connecticut |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
18E 089 |
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Last Known Activity
Major Charles David Austin served with the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter WIng out of Ubon RTAFB, Thailand.
On 24 April 1967, Lt. Austin was serving as bombardier/navigator onboard Major Herman L. Knapp's F-4C Phantom fighter/bomber. The aircraft was the lead in a flight of four dispatched from Ubon Airfield, Thailand on a strike mission over Vietnam. The strike was on a five-span bridge four miles north of the center of Hanoi. The raid's purpose was to sever North Vietnam's rail links with Communist China. An electrical transformer station seven miles north of Hanoi was also attacked.
During the strike, Knapp and Austin's aircraft was struck by a flak burst, disintegrated, and two large pieces of flaming wreckage were seen to strike the gound in a fireball. No parachutes were seen and no beepers were heard.
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