Researching....   B - 66...   U. S. A. F. serial numbers....
for all you guys interested in  the old planes....
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       Herb Greene [ Hightower ]                                                  herbmai2000@earthlink.net

In response to Larry Porter's enquiry about the colour of the rooster's tail on the RB - 66C...
I don't have the info you need.. However a google search might help..
The crash of RB - 66C on 7th Feb., 1962.. I was walking parallel to the runway on the main street..
returning to work in the afternoon.. I saw one very late ejection taking place..
and the rescue crew was, Johnny on the spot..
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             Larry Porter...                                                                         regalbear@msn.com

 Does any of the G I's remember the exact colors of the rooster tail on the "66..
 I have a model of the RB - 66B and have been trying to get it completed..
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           Graham Abbott...                                                              Avro698@aol.com

            Just came across your web site whilst researching information...
 on the B - 66 crash 07/02/62...
I was only 9 years old then... but can remember my dad...
taking me to see the crash site in the car...
which he says..  you can still see the gap in the trees where it happened...
I live in Rushden.. and my father in Stanwick.. he will be very interested..
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Here is a list of some of the participants in the 1960 air display at Chelveston..
I would be happy to receive any info anyone may have....

1 - 54 - 0470 - USAF...   EB 66 C Destroyer...   Broken up Kadena A B. Japan - October 1973

2 - 51 - 16568 - USAF...   DHC - 2 Beaver MK 1...   Still flying as N17393 Sky Dive Inc., USA..

3 - 51 - 8752 - USAF...  T - 33A - Shooting Star...   On display -  Hat Yai Thailand...

4 - 52 - 0960 - USAF...  C - 124C - Globemaster.. Scrapped at Davis Monthan AFB - arrived April 1969..

5 - 52 - 4140 - USAF...  F - 86D Sabre...   Fate not known...

6 - 53 - 3219 - USAF...  C - 119G Boxcar...    Castel Volturno Campania Museum Italy...

 7 - 44 - 76428 - USAF...  - VC - 47D - DC 3 Dakota...  Fate not known...

 8 - 56 - 0031 - USAF...   RF - 101H - Voodoo...  Fate not known...

 9 - 56 - 1076 - USAF...  F - 102A Delta Dagger...    Fate not known...

10 - 57 - 0455 - USAF...  C - 130A - Hercules...    Still flying Peruvian AF.. as 393 Lima Callao..

11 - TG510 - RAF...   Hastings C MK 1...    Scrapped at Teversham Cambs., 1977

12 - WL 459 - RAF...   Metror T MK 7...     Fate not known...

13 - XE645 - RAF...   Hunter...    To UAE Air Force - 1967 - written off June 1975

14 - XH767 - RAF...   Javelin FAW MK 9...    At Yorkshire Air Museum Elvington UK..
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              Luis R Raldiris...                                                               LRALDIRIS@AOL.COM

I was stationed at RAF Chelveston from 1959 - 1962...
at Shaw AFB from 1962 - 1965...
and Takhli AB on and off from 1965 - 1968...
I hold the RB66C very dear... for many reasons...
one of which..  is the fact that I created several advances to it's operation...
These included the unorthodox alignment of it's reconnaissance receivers...
 and DF systems.. which led to the destruction of SAMS in the RV...
and in the interception of weak missile signals from Cuba.. 
which, in turn..  led to the U2 pictures...
Yes... I'm proud of the RB66's... their heroic crews...
and outstanding support personnel...
God bless them all...
 [ Ham Radio KU4CV ]
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Received from... Dean Clark..                   deanclark@cwcom.net


A very interesting web site... 
I also have an interest in the RB66...
My website is...  19th-trs-usafe-bruntingthorpe.com
I have some photographs of various RB66's..  which your visitors may find interesting...
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research below thanks to...   Hank Howard, M/Sgt., USAF retired....

In March 2000 I began researching information 
regarding a RB - 66C crash that occurred at RAF Chelveston England...
I could not find the tail number or date the crash happened,  on the internet...
A few articles were written on the B - 66 internet site...   
but some had conflicting information and none had the tail number....
I then went to the web site at the Pentagon...
got forwarded to the Air Force Safety Center now at Kirkland AFB - NM...
In a matter of days I had the information I had searched for, for two months...
The RB - 66C  tail number was 54 - 0460...    the date was February 7th 1962.....
I have since  found out what happened
 to most of the B - 66 1953 AND 1954 serial numbers.....

The following B - 66's were scrapped at Kadena AB.. Okinawa.. in October 1973...
0420 - 0424 - 0435 - 0459 - 0461 - 0468 - 0469 - 0470 
0506 - 0508 - 0509 - 0520 - 0522 - 0523 - 0537 - 0546
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54 - 459.. RB66...   at Chelveston....    [ thanks.. Bill Donald ]
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54 - 0419 EB66 - E scrapped at MASDC - Tucson..  October 1972...
 
B - 66 AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN  SIGNIFICANT EVENTS....
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54 - 0451..   RB66 - B.. Shot down by MIG - 21..
 over Gardelegen,
 East Germany.. 
3 crew members ejected..
and were captured.
--------------------------- 		 19th TRS..
10th TAC Recon wing..
 Toul - Rosieres France..
 March 10th 1964
53 - 0384..   EB66 - C..  Operational loss  24th October 1978..
53 - 0387..  EB66 - C.. Shot down by Sam over NVN... 4th February 1967..

Bob Crane...Col., USAF [Ret ]....                                                                 msehd@aol.com

Great info....  Flew the EB66C at Takhli 66 - 67... 
Chief Raven.. [ EWO ] on bird lost Feb 67 was my trailer mate... 
We flew the same mission that morning in Rpac6 and briefed the crew on the bad winds...
 border proximity.. and sites firing at earlier positions of our orbit.. which we constantly changed....

53 - 0388...  EB66 - C..  Shot down by MIG - 21..
three of the crew.. 
were held as POW's..  		 
53 - 0389..   Operational loss.. 10th March 1971...
53 - 0390..  WB66 - D.. Converted to..
 Westinghouse test bed.. 		 Displayed at Lackland AFB Texas..
53 - 0452..  RB66 - B..  Lost on night mission..
NW of Pleiku..  RVN.. 		20th October 1965..
54 - 0427..  EB66 - E.. Burned at RTAFB.. Udorn.. Thailand  
54 - 0439..  EB66 - E.. Engine explosion and fire..  
  Hickam AFB.. Hawaii 		21st April 1970..
54 - 0441..  EB66 - E.. Damaged by fire on taxiway.. 30th June 1970..
54 - 0445..  EB66 - E..  Jumped chocks on engine run up.. hit light pole..  July 73..
54 - 0457..  EB66 - C..  Shot down by SAM -2..
Crew killed.. 		  15th February 1966..
54 - 0460..  RB66 - C..   Crashed at..
 Chelveston AFB..England
3 EWO's.. and Gunner..
 were killed..
Pilot and Navigator..
 and one EWO survived.. 		  7th February 1962.. 
xxxx - WB66 - D..     Crashed into ocean near Bermuda..engine flameout..  one week after Chelveston crash.. 9th TRS..
February 1962..
54 - 0461..  EB66 - C..  Shot down over NVN...  
54 - 0462..  EB66 - C..  Crashed on landing approach at RTAFB..  Takhli..  
54 - 0464..  EB66 - C.. Shot down by SAM - 2..   20 / 7 / 1966...
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          54 - 0465.. RB66 - C

Entrance to Shaw AFB - SC...
June 2002... [ thanks..  Bill Scheffel ]
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54 - 0466..  EB66 - E..
 		[Hunt  02] 
Shot down by SAM..  
Famous BAT - 21...
rescue, recovery effort.. 		42nd TEWS..
31st March 1972...
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54 - 0467..  RB66 - C Crashed at
 Frances E. Warren AFB.. Wyoming.
 pieced back together from spare parts.. 		42nd TRS
54 - 467..  RB66 - C...   at  Chelveston....    [thanks Bill Donald ]

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54 - 0471..   Crashed at Donalson AFB.. S.C. 10 / 3 / 1961
54 - 0473..  EB66 - C Crashed at RTAFB Takhli..
Crew of five killed..
no survivors... 		42nd TEWS..
17th November 1967.. 
54 - 0474..  EB66 - C.. Shot down over NVN..  
54 - 0475..  EB66 - C Shot down over NVN..  
54 - 00491..  EB66 - C Crashed on takeoff..
from RTAFB..  Takhli.. 		19th July 1968..
54 - 0498..  EB88 - C Operational loss.. 17th April 1969..
54 - 0524..  EB66 - C Crashed at RTAFB..  Takhli.. 5 / 3 / 1968..
54 - 0529..  EB66 - C [Hunt 02 ]
Crashed on landing..
 RTAFB, Korat..
when engines failed.. 		23rd December 1972..
54 - 0540..  EB66 - C Crashed on takeoff.. 
at RTAFB, Korat..
plane scrapped.. 		1972
                        tmuggeo621@aol.com
I was at Korat as an ECM troop in 1972.. when EB - 66 54 - 540 crashed on take off..
This happened within hours of a F - 105 Wild Weasel crashing on take off also..
The recovery crew for the F - 105 was still at work....
Both crewmembers from the Weasel died....
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Randall Heaton...                                        sk8minn@aol.com

I came across your web site today..  September 26th 2002..
About your EB66 54 - 540... which crashed at Korat on take off in 1972... 
I was the crew chief of the plane at that time...it was replaced by 54 - 420....
[which is on the scrapped list 1973 ]

 
I hope some of the guys find this information useful.. 
The internet is a strong methodology to bring information to knowledge....
Hank Howard...   hazmatking@aol.com
 
Joyce's note....my husband.. Jack Wade...
 was the Crew Chief on 54 - 0466 from 1958 - 1960, 
so has an interest in this story too...
I believe it was converted to an EB - 66C
[ thanks to Hank for the following....]
0466 [  42nd TEWS, 355th TFW ] shot down by SAM March 31st 1972..
5 K.I.A.,... Lt., Col., Iceal "Gene" Hambleton..  Navigator..  bailed out...
His rescue was the famous "BAT - 21" rescue effort.....

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