McElhanon, Michael Owen, Col

POW/MIA
 
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Last Rank
Colonel
Primary Unit
1968-1979, Status - POW/MIA
Service Years
1953 - 1968
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Home State
Texas
Texas
Year of Birth
1934
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember McElhanon, Michael Owen, Col.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Fort Worth, Texas
Last Address
Tuy Hoa AB, South Viet Nam
MIA Date
Aug 16, 1968
 
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
Court A

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family Registry
  2014, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


He was a Misty FAC pilot and was lost over North Vietnam or off its coast, circumstances unknown.

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii as well as memorial stone at Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Fort Worth, TX..

   
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 1963-1965, F-101 Voodoo
From Year
1963
To Year
1965
   
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 F-101 Voodoo Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
Length 67.39 ft | 20.54 m
Width 39.67 ft | 12.09 m
Height 18.01 ft | 5.49 m
Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whitney J57-P-55 turbojet engines with afterburn generating 14,880lbs of thrust.
Empty Weight 28,971 lbs | 13,141 kg
MTOW 52,399 lbs | 23,768 kg
Max Speed 1,221 mph | 1,965 km/h | 1,061 kts
Max Range 1,550 miles | 2,494 km
Ceiling 54,806 ft | 16,705 m | 10.4 miles
Climb Rate 36,500 ft/min (11,133 m/min)
Hardpoints 6
Armament Mission-specific weapons may include the following:

2 x MB-1 Genie air-to-air missiles (nuclear-tipped).
4 x Falcon air-to-air missiles OR 6 x Falcon air-to-air missiles.
Accommodations 1


Major Variants

* XF-88 - Prototype Interceptor Model designation on which the F-101 is based on.
* F-101A - Single-Seat Base Production Model
* F-101B - Two-Seat All-Weather Interceptor Model.
* F-101C
* RF-101A - Reconnaissance Conversion Models

   
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Last Updated: Dec 21, 2014
   
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