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Shorack, Theodore James, Jr., Maj.
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Major Theodore J Shorack and Captain Robert Ira Bush, both of the 602nd Fighter Squadron, were lost on 9 June 1966. Their A-1Es went down over North Vietnam while on a rescue mission of an F-105 pilot.. One parachute was seen after the collision, but no trace was ever found of either pilot. Their remains have not been repatriated.
He had been stationed in Japan in the early 1950s. He served with th 849th AC & W Squadron at Nagoya, Japan. Later, he served with the 303rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Sembach, Germany and Laon, France flying the F-84 and F-101. He taught in the ROTC program at Hobart College in Geneva, New York beginning in 1961.
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii and another memorial in Willamette National Cemetery.
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Douglas AD-1 Skyraider Length 39.37 ft | 12.00 m Width 50.00 ft | 15.24 m Height 15.75 ft | 4.80 m Engine(s) 1 x Wright R-3350-24W air-cooled radial engine generating 2,500hp. Empty Weight 10,470 lbs | 4,749 kg MTOW 18,029 lbs | 8,178 kg Max Speed 321 mph | 517 km/h | 279 kts Max Range 1,553 miles | 2,500 km Ceiling 26,001 ft | 7,925 m | 4.9 miles Climb Rate 2,300 ft/min (701.4 m/min) Hardpoints 14 Armament 4 x 20mm Cannons 12 x Rockets
7,000 pounds of external ordnance including bombs and gun pods. Accommodations 1
* AD-5 - Anti-Submarine Model of which 212 produced; two crew-seating in side-by-side configuration; widened fuselage. * AD-6 - Improved AD-4B versions; improved low-level bombing capability; 713 produced. * AD-7 - AD-6 version fitted with R-3350-26WB and reinforced substructure of which 73 were produced in total in this way. * A-1E - AD-5 Redesignated from 1962 standard onwards. * A-1H - AD-6 Redesignated from 1962 standard onwards. * A-1J - AD-7 Redesignated from 1962 standard onwards.
