Aircraft by type

North American T-28 Trojan
Losses and Bail-Outs


                                                                                                                       via Jim Strickland
VA-122 T-28 Trojan

 
Date User   Serial Sqn Notes Crew photo seat
10th June 1952 US T-28 51-3619 x x x x x
3rd April 1954 US T-28 137686 x x x x x
19th July 1954 US T-28 137717 x x x x x
21st August 1954 US T-28 137768 x x x x x
30th September 1954 US T-28 137722 x x x x x
20th November 1954 US T-28 137809 x x x x x
23rd January 1955 US T-28 137695 x x x x x
16th February 1955 US T-28 138133 x x x x x
18th February 1955 US T-28 138121 x x x x x
23rd February 1955 US T-28 137797 x x x x x
23rd February 1955 US T-28 138107 x x x x x
1st May 1955 US T-28 137740 x x x x x
27th June 1955 US T-28 138131 x x x x x
27th June 1955 US T-28 138169 x x x x x
27th July 1955 US T-28 137710 x x x x x
27th July 1955 US T-28 137720 x x x x x
29th November 1955 US T-28 138337 x x x x x
12th May 1956 US T-28 138197 x x x x x
07th June 1956 US T-28 138269 x x x x x
8th June 1956 US T-28 138132 x x x x x
3rd August 1956 US T-28 137714 x x x x x
3rd August 1956 US T-28 138161 x x x x x
8th August 1956 US T-28 138323 x x x x x
27th September 1956 US T-28 140518 x x x x x
28th September 1956 US T-28 140471 x x x x x
15th October 1956 US T-28 138188 x x x x x
18th October 1956 US T-28 137744 x x x x x
19th November 1956 US T-28 137791 x x x x x
21st November 1956 US T-28 138342 x x x x x
14th December 1956 US T-28 138255 x x x x x
31st January 1957 US T-28 140508 x x x x x
15th March 1957 US T-28 137665 x x x x x
28th March 1957 US T-28 140584 x x x x x
23rd May 1957 US T-28 140017 x x x x x
31st May 1957 US T-28 140594 x x x x x
3rd June 1957 US T-28 140469 x x x x x
14th June 1957 US T-28 137660 x x x x x
19th June 1957 US T-28 140605 x x x x x
29th June 1957 US T-28 140045 x x x x x
26th August 1957 US T-28 138295 x x x x x
4th September 1957 US T-28 140027 x x x x x
10th October 1957 US T-28 140072 x x x x x
22th October 1957 US T-28 138304 x x x x x
1st November 1957 US T-28 140560 x x x x x
21st November 1957 US T-28 140013 x x x x x
26th November 1957 US T-28 137772 x x x x x
27th November 1957 US T-28 140606 x x x x x
5th December 1957 US T-28 138177 x x x x x
3rd February 1958 US T-28 137659 x x x x x
7th February 1958 US T-28 140032 x x x x x
4th March 1958 US T-28 140624 x x x x x
8th March 1958 US T-28 140559 x x x x x
21st April 1958 US T-28 140598 x x x x x
22nd April 1958 US T-28 140034 x x x x x
30th April 1958 US T-28 138252 x x x x x
16th May 1958 US T-28 140572 x x x x x
29th July 1958 US T-28 137715 x x x x x
11th August 1958 US T-28 140562 x x x x x
4th September 1958 US T-28 138237 x x x x x
21st September 1958 US T-28 138193 x x x x x
25th September 1958 US T-28 140498 x x x x x
26th September 1958 US T-28 137656 x x x x x
14th October 1958 US T-28 140499 x x x x x
14th October 1958 US T-28 140517 x x x x x
14th October 1958 US T-28 146278 x x x x x
23rd October 1958 US T-28 140633 x x x x x
28th October 1958 US T-28 138250 x x x x x
14th November 1958 US T-28 138126 x x x x x
19th November 1958 US T-28 140493 x x x x x
6th December 1958 US T-28 137670 x x x x x
10th December 1958 US T-28 137654 x x x x x
12th December 1958 US T-28 137725 x x x x x
12th December 1958 US T-28 138244 x x x x x
16th December 1958 US T-28 140497 x x x x x
19th December 1958 US T-28 146245 x x x x x
8th January 1959 US T-28 140460 x x x x x
8th January 1959 US T-28 140664 x x x x x
10th January 1959 US T-28 140588 x x x x x
7th March 1959 US T-28 51-3708 x x x x x
20th March 1959 US T-28 140656 x x x x x
9th April 1959 US T-28 137783 x x x x x
14th April 1959 US T-28 140587 x x x x x
11th May 1959 US T-28 137758 x x x x x
4th June 1959 US T-28 138185 x x x x x
12th June 1959 US T-28 140612 x x x x x
30th June 1959 US T-28 140628 x x x x x
9th July 1959 US T-28 137681 x x x x x
14th July 1959 US T-28 138186 x x x x x
05th August 1959 US T-28 140059 x x x x x
15th August 1959 US T-28 140478 x x x x x
3rd September 1959 US T-28 140494 x x x x x
16th September 1959 US T-28 140504 x x x x x
18th September 1959 US T-28 137794 x x x x x
29th September 1959 US T-28 146256 x x x x x
30th September 1959 US T-28 140599 x x x x x
18th March 1960 US T-28 137705 x x x x x
3rd April 1960 US T-28 138198 x x x x x
25th April 1960 US T-28 138297 x x x x x
6th June 1960 US T-28 138293 x x x x x
23rd June 1960 US T-28 140014 x x x x x
28th June 1960 US T-28 137638 x x x x x
20th July 1960 US T-28 138204 x x x x x
27th July 1960 US T-28 140453 x x x x x
17th August 1960 US T-28 140054 x x x x x
24th August 1960 US T-28 138264 x x x x x
26th September 1960 US T-28 138190 x x x x x
4th October 1960 US T-28 140024 x x x x x
24th October 1960 US T-28 138367 x x x x x
24th October 1960 US T-28 140011 x x x x x
14th November 1960 US T-28 140571 x x x x x
3rd January 1961 US T-28 137755 x x x x x
?? February 1961 US T-28 ? x x x x x
28th February 1961
13:00		 USN T-28B
Trojan		 138318
2G		 VT-2 Ran off the runway  
NavCad P. C. Moore Jr. 
injured sustaining burns		   Parachute
(back type)
28th February 1961
15:30
 USN T-28B
Trojan		 137761
2W
VT-3
Red Knights
NATC Whiting Field		 Mid-Air collision south east of Munson, Black River State Forest, about 45 miles northeast of Pensacola   Parachute
(back type)
LTJG Herbert French
killed 		 NavCad James F.  Strickland
bailed out		 Parachute
(back type)
28th February 1961
15:30
 USN T-28B
Trojan		 140033
2W
VT-3
Red Knights
NATC Whiting Field		 Mid-Air collision south east of Munson, Black River State Forest, about 45 miles northeast of Pensacola     Parachute
(back type)
LT Andrew E. Braunchweiger
bailed out		 LT Manoel van der Haagen Silva
bailed out		 Parachute
(back type)
30th March 1961 US T-28 140618 x x x x x
8th May 1961 US T-28 140665 x x x x x
29th May 1961 US T-28 140629 x x x x x
3rd June 1961 US T-28 138114 x x x x x
22nd June 1961 US T-28 140021 x x x x x
24th June 1961 US T-28 137737 x x x x x
12th September 1961 US T-28 140026 x x x x x
10th October 1961 US T-28 140623 x x x x x
19th October 1961 US T-28 137781 x x x x x
28th November 1961 US T-28 140055 x x x x x
28th November 1961 US T-28 140600 x x x x x
9th March 1962 US T-28 140603 x x x x x
9th April 1962 US T-28 138167 x x x x x
18th April 1962 US T-28 140660 x x x x x
19th April 1962 US T-28 146269 x x x x x
4th May 1962 US T-28 137735 x x x x x
31th May 1962 US T-28 146264 x x x x x
11th June 1962 US T-28 146277 x x x x x
06th July 1962 US T-28 140507 x x x x x
26th July 1962 US T-28 137784 x x x x x
28th August 1962 First American fighter pilot killed in Vietnam
US Farmgate
FT-28		 53-8376 6th Fighter Squadron, 1st Air Commando Group and temporarily assigned to Det 2A, Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam
Shot down by small arms fire near Lac ‑Hoa village at My Thanh in Soc Trang Province'		      
Capt Robert Lewis Simpson (KIA) Lt Hoa, VNAF (KIA)  
12th September 1962 US T-28 137748 x x x x x
16th October 1962 USAF Farmgate
FT-28		 53‑8365 6th Fighter Squadron, 1st Air Commando Group and temporarily assigned to Det 2A, Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam shot down as an escort during a rescue mission and crash landed     No ejection seat, nor parachute extraction systems fitted to this type of aircraft
Capt Bill L Chambers (survived)
minor injuries		 No other  crew member
14th January 1963 US T-28 137776 x x x x x
14th January 1963 US T-28 140463 x x x x x
24th January 1963 US T-28 138290 x x x x x
5th February 1963 US T-28 140634 x x x x x
22th February 1963 US T-28 138315 x x x x x
27th March 1963 US T-28 138296 x x x x x
27th March 1963 US T-28 52-1242 x x x x x
17th April 1963 US T-28 140538 x x x x x
5th May 1963 US T-28D
Farm Gate		 53‑8370 Detachment 2A,1 ACG, USAF, Bien Hoa Burned on runway after hitting a parked aircraft tug      
OK OK  
    `38370' x x x x x
8th May 1963 US T-28 138332 x x x x x
13th June 1963 US T-28 146276 x x x x x
27th June 1963 US T-28D
Farm Gate		 53‑8375 6th Ftr Sq, TDY to Det 2A,1 ACG, USAF, Bien Hoa Crashed during a close air support mission pic    
Capt Condon Hunter Terry (KIA) VNAF observer, name unknown (KIA)  
15th July 1963 US T-28 140644 x x x x x
18th July 1963 US T-28 140555 x x x x x
7th August 1963 US T-28 140640 x x x x x
23rd August 1963 US T-28 140648 x x x x x
10th September 1963 US T-28 53‑8367 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Shot down by ground fire during Viet Cong forces attack on Soc Trang air­field      
Capt E C Meek (survived) VNAF observer, name unknown (survived)  
8th October 1963
VNAF		 T-28 53‑8373
Grad OK 02		 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa 43 miles from Danang, RVN      
Capt Dean Amick Wadsworth (KIA)
VNAF observer, name unknown (KIA)		  
8th October 1963
CHECK DATE
VNAF		 T-28     Shot down by AAA near An Giang Province on Cambodian border      
USAF pilot OK
VNAF
Co-pilot OK		  
30th October 1963 US T-28 140604 x x x x x
19th November 1963 US T-28 146251 x x x x x
20th December 1963 US T-28   6th Fighter Sq Florida Capt Thomas H. O’Brien    
14th January 1964 US T-28D 53‑8372 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Crash landed after being hit during close air support mission      
Capt E M Adkins (survived) VNAF observer, name unknown (survived)  
21st January 1964 US T-28D 53‑8374 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Engine failure. Crashed pilot, name unknown (survived)    
18th February 1964 US T-28D 53‑8369 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Hit by ground fire during attack on Viet Cong forces      
unknown (survived) unknown (survived)  
19th February 1964 US T-28D 53‑8855 6th Fighter Sq TDY to 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Shot down in Phuong Dinh province attacking Viet Cong forces South Vietnam      
Capt Bernard Francis Lukasik (KIA) VNAF observer, name unknown (KIA)  
20th February 1964 US T-28 146248 x x x x x
20th February 1964
VNAF		 T-28     Shot down by AAA 90 miles south west of Saigon in Mekong Delta      
USAF pilot killed Vietnamese Co-pilot OK  
24th March 1964 US T-28D 53-8362 1st Air Commando Sq lost a wing during a dive bombing run near Soc Trang, South Vietnam      
Captain Edwin G. Shank Jr.
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA		  
9th April 1964 US T‑28D
VNAF		 53‑8361 1 Air Commando Sq [ACS], 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Lost both wings in a strafing attack South Vietnam      
Capt Robert Newton Brumet
KIA
 LINK
VNAF observer, name unknown KIA		  
14th April 1964 US T-28 137774 x x x x x
1st May 1964 US T-28D 53‑8368 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa Engine failure. Crashed on take-off name unknown (survived)    
04th May 1964 US T-28 137731 x x x x x
26th May 1964 US T-28 137647 x x x x x
25th June 1964 US T-28 137650 x x x x x
26th June 1964 US T-28D 51-7871 1 ACS, 34 TG, USAF, Bien Hoa shot down      
Capt E S Johnson
(survived)
rescued by helo		 name unknown
 (survived)
rescued by helo		  
23rd July 1964 US T-28 146284 x x x x x
18th August 1964
Royal Laotian AF		 T-28     Shot down by Pathet Lao during a close air support mission in the northwest sector of the Plain of Jars      
     
19th August 1964
Royal Laotian AF		 T-28     Shot down  by Pathet Lao during rescue effort linked to T-28 lost on 18th      
     
20th August 1964
Royal Laotian AF		 T-28     Shot down  by Pathet Lao during rescue effort  linked to T-28 lost on 18th      
     
18th September 1964 US T-28 137719 x x x x x
18th September 1964 US T-28 140450 x x x x x
09th October 1964 US T-28 138235 x x x x x
23rd October 1964 US T-28 140609 x x x x x
2nd November 1964 US T-28 140506 x x x x x
17th November 1964 US T-28 138200 x x x x x
19th November 1964 US T-28D 51-7870

Detachment 6,1 ACW attached to 35 TACG, USAF, Udorn

 Shot down by AAA in South Vietnam      
Capt George Henry Albrecht
4410th Cmbt Crew Tng Sq
(KIA)		 1 Lt Leonard Paul Hudson
4410th Cmbt Crew Tng Sq
(KIA)		  
19th November 1964 US T-28D   Detachment 6,1 ACW attached to 35 TACG, USAF, Udorn Shot down by AAA in South Vietnam      
Maj Otis Gordon, Jr.
4410th Cmbt Crew Tng Sq
(KIA)		 Capt Edwin Raymond Eason
850th Fld Maint Sq
 (KIA)		  
04th January 1965 US T-28 137642 x x x x x
1st April 1965 US T-28 138254 x x x x x
06th April 1965 US T-28 137694 x x x x x
7th April 1965 US T-28 146293 x x x x x
26th April 1965 US T-28   605th Air Commando Sq
TDY to USAF Mission, Peru		 Peru Capt James W. Harper, Jr.    
2nd May 1965 US T-28 138267 x x x x x
20th June 1965 US T-28 140554 x x x x x
24th November 1965 US T-28 137739 x x x x x
6th April 1966 US T-28   TDY to 4410th Cmbt Crew Tng Wg Florida Capt.  Dennis L. Anderson
3646th Pilot Tng Wg		 Capt.  Hubert L. Blake
3561ST Pilot Tng Sq		  
27th June 1966 US T-28   3512th Pilot Tng Sq Texas Capt Mark E.  Blizzard    
14th July 1966 US T-28 140512 x x x x x
11th August 1966 US T-28 137780 x x x x x
25th August 1966 US T-28 140577 x x x x x
23rd October 1966 US T-28D 49-1582

606 ACS, 634 CSG, USAF, Nakhon Phanom

 crashed near Nakhon Phanom during a test flight      
Lt Col William J Newton (KWF) Capt Samuel J Baker (KWF)  
7th November 1966   T-28D   TDY to Det 1
606th Air Commando Sq		 Thailand Capt  Paul M. Bayliss    
17th January 1967 US T-28D 49-1604 606 ACS, 634 CSG, USAF, Nakhon Phanom hit in the starboard wing by AAA on approach Bird Dog crash site near Ban Loumpourn      
Capt William Keith Cogdell (KIA)    
10th March 1967 US T-28 138328 x x x x x
30th March 1967 US T-28 146250 x x x x x
31st March 1967 US T-28 140541 x x x x x
1st April 1967 US T-28D 49-1559 606 ACS, 634 CSG, USAF, Nakhon Phanom  Hit by 37mm ground fire on night armed reconnaissance mission. Crashed near  Ban Boung in southern Laos      
Maj David Richard Williams (KIA) Maj Robert Allen Govan (KIA)  
13th April 1967 US T-28 140479 x x x x x
10th May 1967 US T-28 138123 x x x x x
16th June 1967 US T-28 140505 x x x x x
12th July 1967 USAF T-28D 49-1569 606 ACS, 56 ACW, USAF, Nakhon Phanom Night armed reconnaissance mission. Missing near Ban Katoi, North Vietnam      
   
Captain Jack Paris Dove, Sr.
497th Tactical Fighter Sq
(KIA)		 Major Boyd Edwin Squire
606 ACS
(KIA)		  
 

 
19th July 1967 US T-28 140503 x x x x x
25th July 1967 US T-28 140474 x x x x x
9th August 1967 US T-28 140655 x x x x x
05th October 1967 US T-28 146266 x x x x x
25th December 1967 US T-28 49-1558  606 ACS, 56 ACW, USAF, Nakhon Phanom armed reconnaissancel. Crashed over Route 23 near the Ban Karai Pass in southern Laos      
Capt Terry Treloar Koonce (KIA) unknown
Laotian??
(KIA)		  
2nd January 1968 US T-28 49-1572 606 ACS, 56 ACW, USAF, Nakhon Phanom engine failure during a night armed reconnaissance mission over Laos Maj John Patee (survived)
rescued by a USAF SAR helicopter on 3rd		    
28th January 1968
 		 US T-28 49-1586 606 ACS, 56 ACW, USAF, Nakhon Phanom engine failure during a night armed reconnaissance sortie over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in southern Laos Capt Charles W Brown
bailed out
(survived)
rescued by USAF SAR helicopter from near NVA camp		    
29th January 1968 US T-28 146271 x x x x x
21st February 1968 US T-28 137733 x x x x x
02th March 1968 US T-28 146259 x x x x x
11th March 1968 US T-28 138348 x x x x x
25th March 1968 US T-28 137699 x x x x x
12th April 1968 USN T-28 140658 Saufley Field Pensacola Crashed during rain at the United States Military Academy     No ejection seat fitted to this type of aircraft
Pilot
Lieut. James P. Webster
killed		 LTJG Christopher L. Carson
injured
11th May 1968 US T-28 140467 x x x x x
21st May 1968 US T-28 137730 x x x x x
21st May 1968 US T-28 140052 x x x x x
24th May 1968 US T-28   Det 1, 56th Air Commando Wg Thailand      
Capt Donald B. Button
killed		 Airman James P. Birks
killed		  
28th June 1968 US T-28 140641 x x x x x
28th August 1968 US T-28 ? x x x x x
29th October 1968 US T-28 138205 x x x x x
30th January 1969 US T-28 153653 x x x x x
29th March 1969 US T-28 146241 x x x x x
7th May 1969 US T-28 146285 x x x x x
11th June 1969 US T-28 138230 x x x x x
11th July 1969 US T-28 140470 x x x x x
29th July 1969 US T-28 137721 x x x x x
26th September 1969 US T-28 137753 x x x x x
21st November 1969 US T-28 140651 x x x x x
25th November 1969 US T-28 138363 x x x x x
04th February 1970 US T-28 140077 x x x x x
13th March 1970 US T-28 138345 x x x x x
20th May 1970   T-28   Det 1, 56th Special Ops Wg Thailand   Capt Donald J. Morris  
2nd June 1970 US T-28 138336 x x x x x
22nd June 1970 US T-28 138355 x x x x x
17th July 1970 US T-28 138335 x x x x x
13th October 1970 US T-28 Nomad   56th Special Operations Wing, Udorn AF TH (RAVENS) Missing about 12 miles northwest of the city of
Louangphrabang, Laos		 Col. Joseph Lyons Chestnut
MIA		    
7th November 1970 US T-28 138222 x x x x x
19th December 1970 US T-28 140535 x x x x x
14th April 1971 US T-28 140065 x x x x x
2nd July 1971 US T-28 140558 x x x x x
16th July 1971 US T-28 138257 x x x x x
2nd August 1971 US T-28   317th Special Ops Sq Laos Maj  Edwin N. Troxel    
3rd August 1971 US T-28 137703 x x x x x
19th August 1971 US T-28 51-7746 x x x x x
30th October 1971 US T-28 138322 x x x x x
16th December 1971 US T-28 138138 x x x x x
16th December 1971 US T-28 ? x x x x x
3rd February 1972 us T-28   Det 1, 56th Air Commando Wg Thailand      
Capt James J. Crawford Capt Donald W. Lowe  
14th June 1972 US T-28 140592 x x x x x
10th July 1972 US T-28 140569 x x x x x
13th September 1972 US T-28 140066 x x x x x
17th November 1972 US T-28 140500 x x x x x
11th December 1972 US T-28 138166 x x x x x
4th January 1973 US T-28   4407th Cmbt Crew Tng Sq Florida      
Maj Harold C. M. O’Donovan, , Jr. Maj John C. Roberts  
21st May 1973 US T-28 140595 x x x x x
28th  May 1973 US T-28   Det 1, 56th Special Ops Wg Thailand Capt Emmet R. Galbreth,  II    
26th July 1973 US T-28 140472 x x x x x
30th August 1973 US T-28 137804 x x x x x
7th June 1974 US T-28 140057 x x x x x
13th September 1974 US T-28 140484 x x x x x
5th October 1974 US T-28 138353 x x x x x
4th December 1974 US T-28 140643 x x x x x
12th December 1974 US T-28 137779 x x x x x
18th December 1974 US T-28 138106 x x x x x
22nd January 1975 US T-28 140451 x x x x x
22nd July 1975 US T-28 138120 x x x x x
31st August 1975 US T-28 138307 x x x x x
8th September 1975 US T-28 140540 x x x x x
6th January 1976 US T-28 138277 x x x x x
13th February 1976 US T-28 140621 x x x x x
23rdd February 1976 US T-28 146280 x x x x x
16th March 1976 US T-28 138283 x x x x x
15th May 1976 US T-28 138109 x x x x x
15th August 1976 US T-28 138168 x x x x x
9th November 1976 US T-28 138227 x x x x x
12th February 1977 US T-28 137658 x x x x x
18th February 1977 US T-28 140583 x x x x x
19th February 1977 US T-28 138300 x x x x x
9th June 1977 US T-28 138189 x x x x x
13th June 1977 US T-28 140028 x x x x x
13th January 1978 US T-28 140663 x x x x x
13th April 1978 US T-28 140006 x x x x x
2nd July 1979 US T-28 137763 x x x x x
20th November 1980 US T-28 ? x x x x x
8th April 1981 US T-28 137689 x x x x x
26th June 1981 US T-28 138262 x x x x x
18th July 1981 US T-28 138312 x x x x x
5th January 1982 US T-28 137678 x x x x x
19th May 1982 US T-28 140003 x x x x x
9th September 1982 US T-28 137756 x x x x x
24th February 1983 US T-28 137641 x x x x x