Please see the following memorials for additional information and/or family links:
CENOTAPH: United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA - Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.0161263, Longitude: -104.8553592 - PLOT Memorial Section, row 3, site 77 - MEMORIAL ID 143764246
and
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - MEMORIAL ID 228360353
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Captain Albright was living in Huntginton, WV when he entered the service and was a member of the 606th Air Commando Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand.
On December 13, 1968, he was the navigator of a Fairchild Provider Cargo Aircraft (C-123K) on a night mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. About 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass a B-52 bomber struck the C-132, causing it to crash.
His remains were never recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Contributor # 47554717 sent the following: His name can be found on panel 36W line 13 on the Viet Nam veteran's War Memorial in Washington D.C.
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On December 13, 1968, the crew of a C-123K was dispatched from Nakhon Phanom Airfield located in northern Thailand near the border of Laos on an operational mission over Laos. The C-123, a converted WW II glider equipped with two engines, was assigned night patrol missions along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Flying low at 2000-3000 feet, the job of the seven man crew was to spot enemy truck convoys on the trail and to light up the trails for accompanying B-57 bombers which were flying overhead. The crew on this particular mission included the pilot (name unknown), co-pilot 1LT Joseph P. Fanning, navigators 1LT John S. Albright and 1LT Morgan J. Donahue, and crewmembers SSGT Samuel F. Walker, SSGT Douglas V. Dailey, and TSGT Fred L. Clarke. At 0330 hours, as the aircraft was flying about 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass in Laos, the crew of the C-123 was jolted by a blow on the top of their plane in the aft section. An overhead B-57 that had been called in for an air strike from Phan Rang Airbase had collided with the control plane. The B-57B was flown by pilot MAJ Thomas W. Dugan and co-pilot MAJ Francis J. McGouldrick. The C-123 lost power and went out of control. The unnamed C-123 pilot, stunned by a blow to the head, lost consciousness. Because of its glider configuration, the C-123 did not fall straight to the ground, but drifted lazily to the ground in a flat spin which lasted several minutes. When the pilot regained consciousness, he noted that the co-pilot (Fanning) and navigator (Donahue) were gone. Donahue's station was in the underbelly of the plane where, lying on his stomach, he directed an infrared detection device through an open hatch. The pilot parachuted out, landed in a treetop where he remained until rescued at dawn. On the way down, he saw another chute below him, but, because of the dark, was unable to determine who the crew member was. The six other members of the C-123 and the two crew members of the B-57 were listed as Missing in Action. [Taken from pownetwork.org] [vvmf.org/wall-of-faces]
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Also from the latter website is the following information:
On the date of the mid-air collision of the C-123K aircraft on which he was one of the navigators with the B-57 Canberra, 13 December 1968, Albright was a 1st Lt. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Captain and then to Major.
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Scotty Albright was my Doolie squadron commander Fightin Fourth. He was my role model. I would follow him to the end of the earth. I was heartsick to hear of his loss announced from the Mitchell Hall staff tower just before Christmas break 1968.
--Posted by Joe Boyles in 2021 (also on vvmf.org)
===========
According to memorial page #143764246: He was classified as MIA until 1978, when his status was changed to Killed in Action.
(I was unable to locate where the info. from MIA to KIA came from)
CENOTAPH: United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA - Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.0161263, Longitude: -104.8553592 - PLOT Memorial Section, row 3, site 77 - MEMORIAL ID 143764246
and
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - MEMORIAL ID 228360353
*****************************************************************************************************
Captain Albright was living in Huntginton, WV when he entered the service and was a member of the 606th Air Commando Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand.
On December 13, 1968, he was the navigator of a Fairchild Provider Cargo Aircraft (C-123K) on a night mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. About 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass a B-52 bomber struck the C-132, causing it to crash.
His remains were never recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Contributor # 47554717 sent the following: His name can be found on panel 36W line 13 on the Viet Nam veteran's War Memorial in Washington D.C.
==========
On December 13, 1968, the crew of a C-123K was dispatched from Nakhon Phanom Airfield located in northern Thailand near the border of Laos on an operational mission over Laos. The C-123, a converted WW II glider equipped with two engines, was assigned night patrol missions along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Flying low at 2000-3000 feet, the job of the seven man crew was to spot enemy truck convoys on the trail and to light up the trails for accompanying B-57 bombers which were flying overhead. The crew on this particular mission included the pilot (name unknown), co-pilot 1LT Joseph P. Fanning, navigators 1LT John S. Albright and 1LT Morgan J. Donahue, and crewmembers SSGT Samuel F. Walker, SSGT Douglas V. Dailey, and TSGT Fred L. Clarke. At 0330 hours, as the aircraft was flying about 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass in Laos, the crew of the C-123 was jolted by a blow on the top of their plane in the aft section. An overhead B-57 that had been called in for an air strike from Phan Rang Airbase had collided with the control plane. The B-57B was flown by pilot MAJ Thomas W. Dugan and co-pilot MAJ Francis J. McGouldrick. The C-123 lost power and went out of control. The unnamed C-123 pilot, stunned by a blow to the head, lost consciousness. Because of its glider configuration, the C-123 did not fall straight to the ground, but drifted lazily to the ground in a flat spin which lasted several minutes. When the pilot regained consciousness, he noted that the co-pilot (Fanning) and navigator (Donahue) were gone. Donahue's station was in the underbelly of the plane where, lying on his stomach, he directed an infrared detection device through an open hatch. The pilot parachuted out, landed in a treetop where he remained until rescued at dawn. On the way down, he saw another chute below him, but, because of the dark, was unable to determine who the crew member was. The six other members of the C-123 and the two crew members of the B-57 were listed as Missing in Action. [Taken from pownetwork.org] [vvmf.org/wall-of-faces]
=======
Also from the latter website is the following information:
On the date of the mid-air collision of the C-123K aircraft on which he was one of the navigators with the B-57 Canberra, 13 December 1968, Albright was a 1st Lt. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Captain and then to Major.
==========
Scotty Albright was my Doolie squadron commander Fightin Fourth. He was my role model. I would follow him to the end of the earth. I was heartsick to hear of his loss announced from the Mitchell Hall staff tower just before Christmas break 1968.
--Posted by Joe Boyles in 2021 (also on vvmf.org)
===========
According to memorial page #143764246: He was classified as MIA until 1978, when his status was changed to Killed in Action.
(I was unable to locate where the info. from MIA to KIA came from)
Please see the following memorials for additional information and/or family links:
CENOTAPH: United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA - Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.0161263, Longitude: -104.8553592 - PLOT Memorial Section, row 3, site 77 - MEMORIAL ID 143764246
and
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - MEMORIAL ID 228360353
*****************************************************************************************************
Captain Albright was living in Huntginton, WV when he entered the service and was a member of the 606th Air Commando Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand.
On December 13, 1968, he was the navigator of a Fairchild Provider Cargo Aircraft (C-123K) on a night mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. About 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass a B-52 bomber struck the C-132, causing it to crash.
His remains were never recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Contributor # 47554717 sent the following: His name can be found on panel 36W line 13 on the Viet Nam veteran's War Memorial in Washington D.C.
==========
On December 13, 1968, the crew of a C-123K was dispatched from Nakhon Phanom Airfield located in northern Thailand near the border of Laos on an operational mission over Laos. The C-123, a converted WW II glider equipped with two engines, was assigned night patrol missions along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Flying low at 2000-3000 feet, the job of the seven man crew was to spot enemy truck convoys on the trail and to light up the trails for accompanying B-57 bombers which were flying overhead. The crew on this particular mission included the pilot (name unknown), co-pilot 1LT Joseph P. Fanning, navigators 1LT John S. Albright and 1LT Morgan J. Donahue, and crewmembers SSGT Samuel F. Walker, SSGT Douglas V. Dailey, and TSGT Fred L. Clarke. At 0330 hours, as the aircraft was flying about 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass in Laos, the crew of the C-123 was jolted by a blow on the top of their plane in the aft section. An overhead B-57 that had been called in for an air strike from Phan Rang Airbase had collided with the control plane. The B-57B was flown by pilot MAJ Thomas W. Dugan and co-pilot MAJ Francis J. McGouldrick. The C-123 lost power and went out of control. The unnamed C-123 pilot, stunned by a blow to the head, lost consciousness. Because of its glider configuration, the C-123 did not fall straight to the ground, but drifted lazily to the ground in a flat spin which lasted several minutes. When the pilot regained consciousness, he noted that the co-pilot (Fanning) and navigator (Donahue) were gone. Donahue's station was in the underbelly of the plane where, lying on his stomach, he directed an infrared detection device through an open hatch. The pilot parachuted out, landed in a treetop where he remained until rescued at dawn. On the way down, he saw another chute below him, but, because of the dark, was unable to determine who the crew member was. The six other members of the C-123 and the two crew members of the B-57 were listed as Missing in Action. [Taken from pownetwork.org] [vvmf.org/wall-of-faces]
=======
Also from the latter website is the following information:
On the date of the mid-air collision of the C-123K aircraft on which he was one of the navigators with the B-57 Canberra, 13 December 1968, Albright was a 1st Lt. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Captain and then to Major.
==========
Scotty Albright was my Doolie squadron commander Fightin Fourth. He was my role model. I would follow him to the end of the earth. I was heartsick to hear of his loss announced from the Mitchell Hall staff tower just before Christmas break 1968.
--Posted by Joe Boyles in 2021 (also on vvmf.org)
===========
According to memorial page #143764246: He was classified as MIA until 1978, when his status was changed to Killed in Action.
(I was unable to locate where the info. from MIA to KIA came from)
CENOTAPH: United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA - Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.0161263, Longitude: -104.8553592 - PLOT Memorial Section, row 3, site 77 - MEMORIAL ID 143764246
and
MONUMENT: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA - MEMORIAL ID 228360353
*****************************************************************************************************
Captain Albright was living in Huntginton, WV when he entered the service and was a member of the 606th Air Commando Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand.
On December 13, 1968, he was the navigator of a Fairchild Provider Cargo Aircraft (C-123K) on a night mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. About 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass a B-52 bomber struck the C-132, causing it to crash.
His remains were never recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Contributor # 47554717 sent the following: His name can be found on panel 36W line 13 on the Viet Nam veteran's War Memorial in Washington D.C.
==========
On December 13, 1968, the crew of a C-123K was dispatched from Nakhon Phanom Airfield located in northern Thailand near the border of Laos on an operational mission over Laos. The C-123, a converted WW II glider equipped with two engines, was assigned night patrol missions along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Flying low at 2000-3000 feet, the job of the seven man crew was to spot enemy truck convoys on the trail and to light up the trails for accompanying B-57 bombers which were flying overhead. The crew on this particular mission included the pilot (name unknown), co-pilot 1LT Joseph P. Fanning, navigators 1LT John S. Albright and 1LT Morgan J. Donahue, and crewmembers SSGT Samuel F. Walker, SSGT Douglas V. Dailey, and TSGT Fred L. Clarke. At 0330 hours, as the aircraft was flying about 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass in Laos, the crew of the C-123 was jolted by a blow on the top of their plane in the aft section. An overhead B-57 that had been called in for an air strike from Phan Rang Airbase had collided with the control plane. The B-57B was flown by pilot MAJ Thomas W. Dugan and co-pilot MAJ Francis J. McGouldrick. The C-123 lost power and went out of control. The unnamed C-123 pilot, stunned by a blow to the head, lost consciousness. Because of its glider configuration, the C-123 did not fall straight to the ground, but drifted lazily to the ground in a flat spin which lasted several minutes. When the pilot regained consciousness, he noted that the co-pilot (Fanning) and navigator (Donahue) were gone. Donahue's station was in the underbelly of the plane where, lying on his stomach, he directed an infrared detection device through an open hatch. The pilot parachuted out, landed in a treetop where he remained until rescued at dawn. On the way down, he saw another chute below him, but, because of the dark, was unable to determine who the crew member was. The six other members of the C-123 and the two crew members of the B-57 were listed as Missing in Action. [Taken from pownetwork.org] [vvmf.org/wall-of-faces]
=======
Also from the latter website is the following information:
On the date of the mid-air collision of the C-123K aircraft on which he was one of the navigators with the B-57 Canberra, 13 December 1968, Albright was a 1st Lt. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Captain and then to Major.
==========
Scotty Albright was my Doolie squadron commander Fightin Fourth. He was my role model. I would follow him to the end of the earth. I was heartsick to hear of his loss announced from the Mitchell Hall staff tower just before Christmas break 1968.
--Posted by Joe Boyles in 2021 (also on vvmf.org)
===========
According to memorial page #143764246: He was classified as MIA until 1978, when his status was changed to Killed in Action.
(I was unable to locate where the info. from MIA to KIA came from)
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