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Reunion Over Hanoi by Philip West.
Col. Ken Cordier and Col. Bob Buckey were classmates in high school and college in Akron, Ohio. After college, they both became USAF fighter pilots, and although the two school chums never served together, their careers took separate yet parallel paths - until December 1966. On 2nd December 1966, then Cap. Ken Cordier and his back-seat pilot 1st Lt Mike Lane, were flying with the 559th TFS out of Cam Ranh Bay when they were shot down and captured 85 miles NW of Hanoi. They were to languish in North Vietnamese prisons for the next six years, first listed as MIA, then years later as POWs. Linebacker II was the code-name of the bombing offensive designed to force the North Vietnamese to agree to a ceasefire and peace accord. It was during the Linebacker II bombing campaign of December 1972 that then Maj. Bob Buckey and his back-seater, Capt Dan Tibbets, flew over Hanoi with the 555 TFS out of Udorn, Thailand. Their mission was to provide MIG-CAP for the B-52 bombers which were deliv.........
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| | Item Code : DHM0630 | Reunion Over Hanoi by Philip West. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | | Signed limited edition of 750 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) |
Cordier, Ken | | Ken Cordier was born in 1937 in Canton, Ohio. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Akron on July 16, 1960, and was trained as a Minuteman Missile Launch Officer in 1961, later serving as an instructor in the course before entering Undergraduate Pilot Training in January 1963. Lt Cordier was awarded his pilot wings on December 19, 1964, and then completed F-4 Phantom II Combat Crew Training. He then flew F-4s with the 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron at MacDil |
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Lane, Mike | | Mike Lane was born in 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC Program at the University of Notre Dame on February 1, 1964, and went on active duty beginning June 6, 1964. Lt Lane completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Laughlin AFB, Texas, on April 23, 1965, and after completing Survival School at Stead AFB, Nevada, and F-4 Phantom II Combat Crew Training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, he was then assigned flying F-4C Phant |
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Buckey, Bob | | Col. Bob Buckey (deceased) |
| Colonel Bob Buckey received his wings in 1960 and never looked back. He was at the top of his Advanced Interceptor training class, which earned him the opportunity to be a fighter pilot. He flew combat air control off the coast of Havana, Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and was sent to Korea in 1969 in response to the Pueblo Crisis to fly the F-4 Phantom, which he considered his favorite. From Korea he became commander of a detachment in Taiwan, but he continued to volunteer to go |
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Tibbets, Dan
+ Artist : Philip West | £30 Off!
 | Now : £170.00 | | | | Limited edition of 75 artist proofs. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) |
Cordier, Ken | | Ken Cordier was born in 1937 in Canton, Ohio. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Akron on July 16, 1960, and was trained as a Minuteman Missile Launch Officer in 1961, later serving as an instructor in the course before entering Undergraduate Pilot Training in January 1963. Lt Cordier was awarded his pilot wings on December 19, 1964, and then completed F-4 Phantom II Combat Crew Training. He then flew F-4s with the 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron at MacDil |
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Lane, Mike | | Mike Lane was born in 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC Program at the University of Notre Dame on February 1, 1964, and went on active duty beginning June 6, 1964. Lt Lane completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Laughlin AFB, Texas, on April 23, 1965, and after completing Survival School at Stead AFB, Nevada, and F-4 Phantom II Combat Crew Training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, he was then assigned flying F-4C Phant |
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Buckey, Bob | | Col. Bob Buckey (deceased) |
| Colonel Bob Buckey received his wings in 1960 and never looked back. He was at the top of his Advanced Interceptor training class, which earned him the opportunity to be a fighter pilot. He flew combat air control off the coast of Havana, Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and was sent to Korea in 1969 in response to the Pueblo Crisis to fly the F-4 Phantom, which he considered his favorite. From Korea he became commander of a detachment in Taiwan, but he continued to volunteer to go |
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Tibbets, Dan
+ Artist : Philip West | £50 Off!
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