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Last Rank
Major
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1331-Pilot, Strategic Reconnaissance
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Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
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Primary Unit
1962-1962, 1331, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
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Service Years
1951 - 1962
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1927 |
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A2C Edwin Watts (Sixty)
to remember
Anderson, Rudolph, Jr., Maj.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Spartansburg |
Last Address
McCoy AFB, FL
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Casualty Date
Oct 27, 1962 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Cuba |
Conflict
Cold War Incident - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 |
Location of Interment
Woodlawn Cemetery Memorial Park - Greenville, South Carolina |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Not Specified |
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From Year
1953 |
To Year
1954 |
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Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications
StatsCentral
Model North American F-86D Sabre
Length 37.50 ft | 11.43 m
Width 37.07 ft | 11.30 m
Height 14.99 ft | 4.57 m
Engine(s) 1 x General Electric J47-GE-27, turbujet engine generating 5,970lbs of thrust.
Empty Weight 10,950 lbs | 4,967 kg
MTOW 17,000 lbs | 7,711 kg
Max Speed 690 mph | 1,110 km/h | 599 kts
Max Range 785 miles | 1,263 km
Ceiling 50,000 ft | 15,240 m | 9.5 miles
Climb Rate 12,000 ft/min (1,344 m/min)
Hardpoints 2
Armament 6 x 12.7mm machine guns
24 x 2.75in rockets
External provisions for 2,000 lbs of bombs
Accommodations 1
Major Variants
* XP-86 - Original Army Air Force prototypes (3)
* YP-86A - Re-engined with GE J47 turbojet.
* P-86A - Redesignated from YP-86A
* F-86A - Redesignated production model from P-86A; Featured J47-GE-1 turbojet.
* F-86D - Complete redesign of base model; Redesignated as night/all-weather aircraft; Hughes fire control system; J47-GE-33 turbojet.
* F-86E - Slab tailplane adjustable inflight; J47-GE-27 turbojet
* F-86F - J47-GE-27 turbojet; Extended leading edges.
* F-86K - Based on F-86D model with J47-GE-17B tubojet.
* F-86L - Rebuilt "D" model with updated electronics and larger wing surface
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