Marchon, Donald, Maj

Aircrew
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Major
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1021A-Pilot
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1972-1975, 1021A, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
6-Pilot Trainee
1025A-Pilot
1435C-Air Operations Officer
1045F-Pilot
Service Years
1955 - 1975
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Major

 Official Badges 

Air Force JROTC Instructors Combat Crew NORAD Command Badge


 Unofficial Badges 




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 8463, Harney Point Post
  2011, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 8463, Harney Point Post (Cape Coral, Florida) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Caring for Goldie a Cocker Spaniel and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  1 Airman Remembered
  • Bullock, Jerry, Col

 1958-1960, B-25 Mitchell
From Year
1958
To Year
1960
   
Personal Memories
When at Quantico Checked out in the B25 at Andrews AFB.
   
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 B-25 Mitchell Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model North American B-25C Mitchell
Length 52.92 ft | 16.13 m
Width 67.55 ft | 20.59 m
Height 15.75 ft | 4.80 m
Engine(s) 2 x Wright Cyclone R-2600-19 air-cooled piston engines delivering 1,700hp each.
Empty Weight 20,300 lbs | 9,208 kg
MTOW 34,000 lbs | 15,422 kg
Max Speed 272 mph | 438 km/h | 237 kts
Max Range 1,350 miles | 2,173 km
Ceiling 24,196 ft | 7,375 m | 4.6 miles
Climb Rate 1,666 ft/min (507.796 m/min)
Hardpoints Up to 8 (model dependent)
Armament Model-specific armament included:

8 x 12.7mm machine gun array OR 1 x 75mm cannon in forward-fixed nose assembly.

2 x 12.7mm machine guns in forward-fixed lower-left side fuselage position (beneath and behind cockpit position).
2 x 12.7mm machine gun in forward-fixed lower-right side fuselage position (beneath and behind cockpit position).
2 x 12.7mm machine guns in ventral turret (powered turrets in some models).
2 x 12.7mm machine guns in dorsal turret (powered turrets in some models).
1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left waist port position.
1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right waist port position.
2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position (some models removed).
1 x Torpedo in under-fuselage arrangement (model-specific fitting).
8 x 250lb bombs on 8 external hardpoints (model-specific fitting).

Maximum internal bombload of 3,000lbs (1,361 kg).
Accommodations 5
Operators the United States of America

   
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Last Updated: Apr 27, 2012
   
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  55 Also There at This Aircraft:
 
  • Adimari, Phil, A1C, (1958-1962)
  • Arendt, James, MSgt, (1956-1976)
  • Ayotte, Emil, CMSgt, (1952-1979)
  • Bandy, William L, TSgt, (1952-1963)
  • Brooks, Robert, Lt Col, (1955-1978)
  • Brown, James H., Lt Col, (1956-1982)
  • Butts, James, SSgt, (1950-1954)
  • Cable, Quinton, MSgt, (1955-1978)
  • Calcagni, Robert, A1C, (1957-1962)
  • Campbell, Ernest, MSgt, (1955-1975)
  • Courtney, Wilbur, CMSgt, (1947-1972)
  • Dodd, Walter, Lt Col, (1957-1978)
  • Doyle, Larry, A2C, (1956-1960)
  • Gatlin, Philip, A1C, (1955-1960)
  • Gatlin, Philip, A1C, (1954-1960)
  • Goodall, Richard, Maj, (1951-1971)
  • Greener, William, Lt Col, (1950-1972)
  • Harper, James, Capt, (1956-1966)
  • Jones, Fred E., A1C, (1957-1962)
  • Kenny, Lawrence, Capt, (1956-1964)
  • Kugler, Donald, TSgt, (1957-1977)
  • Laird, Glyn, 1stSgt, (1954-1977)
  • Nadeau, Richard, TSgt, (1954-1979)
  • Roos, Edwin, A2C, (1957-1962)
  • Schultz, Neal, MSgt, (1954-1974)
  • Seiple, Ammon, SMSgt, (1958-1994)
  • Simonian, George, A1C, (1954-1958)
  • Soule, Paul, Lt Col, (1957-1987)
  • Taylor, Jerome, SMSgt, (1954-1975)
  • Trafton, Frank, A1C, (1957-1961)
  • Vermillion, Bayred, Lt Col, (1941-1967)
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