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B-66 Records Aircrew
Members with the Most B-66* Flying Hours
to submit your name, crew position and B-66 flying hours**
| Crew Position |
Name |
Total B-66 Hours** |
| Pilot |
1. Dick Wilson 2. Rex Deaton 3. "Smiley" Pomeroy
4. Alan Salisbury |
5,159 4,181 3,737 3,596 | | Navigator |
1. Joe Sapere 2. Derrell Adams |
2,500 2,117 | Gunner
/ Defense System Operator |
1. Madrishin, John 2. Robert Glosup 3. James McHale |
4,014 2,015 1,200 | | Electronic
Warfare Officer | 1. Paul Duplessis 2. Bill Starnes 3. Arnold "Buck"
Wade 4. Milton Driggers |
1,763 1,564 1,500 1,409 |
| | B-66
Tech Rep | 1. Cliff Parrott
| 2,025
|
Minimum
number of calendar days to complete 100 Combat Sorties
| Paul Duplessis |
174 days * | Aug
1965-Mar 1966 | | | |
| | |
* Excludes 30 day stand-down declared by President Johnson
in January 1966
First
Mission over North Viet Nam by an RB-66C crew
| Crew Position |
Name |
Date** | | Pilot | Rube
Autery | May 4, 1965 |
| Navigator | Joe Sapere |
May 4, 1965 | | Gunner |
...........? | May
4, 1965 | Electronic Warfare Officers
| Joe Canady Larry Becker Ken Sexton Curt
Nelson? | May 4, 1965 |
Rex Deaton's Total Flying Hours June
1956 to May 1971 B-66
aircraft, B-66B, RB-66-C, EB-66, WB-66
Total in several types of aircraft
Student
time
Misc aircraft: B-25, B-26, B47, T-33 | | Total Number of Different Type Aircraft Flown in
During Entire AF Carrer
Paul Duplessis 23 different types of
U.S. AF aircraft June 1952 to December 1980
| Total Hours 2,923
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| * All
B-66 versions - E/R/W/B-66-A/B/C/D | | ** Based
on crew members' official AF flight records, e.g., AF Form 5a, Master Personnel
Records, etc. You are on the honor system. |
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