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Callies, Tommy Leon, Capt.
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On 1 August 1969, Captain Tommy Callies was the pilot of an F-4E with 1st Lt. Douglas Burd his his back-seater, having charge of navigation and bombing. When they were just about 25 miles southwest of the city of Quang Ngai, the "Skyspot" radar system, which helped ground radar track the plane, was put to the test. They were on a mission to drop napalm when their aircraft was hit my enemy fire and the plane was brought down, killing both. They remain MIA.
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in The United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
On 1 August 1969, Captain Tommy Callies was the pilot of an F-4E with 1st Lt. Douglas Burd his his back-seater, having charge of navigation and bombing. When they were just about 25 miles southwest of the city of Quang Ngai, the "Skyspot " radar system, which helped ground radar track the plane, was put to the test. They were on a mission to drop napalm when their aircraft was hit my enemy fire and the plane was brought down, killing both.
