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Northrop T-38

Losses and Ejections
   
   
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
   
1st T-38 crash  
Monday 19th February 1962
USAF		 T-38A-35 60-0587 Webb AFB TX Crashed near Big Spring in West Texas      
Student Pilot 2nd Lt. Jean F. Campbell
23
killed		 Instructor Pilot 1st Lt. William E. Rees
25
injured		  
   
2nd July 1962
19:07 local
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0839 Webb AFB TX Single engine landing with landing gear problems 1 mile short of runway,      
student pilot ok    
   
18th July 1962
USAF		 T-38A-35 60-0563 Randolph AFB TX        
     
   
5th February 1963
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0922 Williams AFB AZ        
     
   
13th August 1963
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0939 Williams AFB AZ        
     
   
28th August 1963
USAF		 T-38A-35 60-0568 Randolph AFB TX        
     
   
13th November 1963
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3635 Reese AFB TX        
     
   
Wednesday 12th February 1964
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0873 Webb AFB TX        
     
   
Thursday 27th February 1964
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0821 Webb AFB TX        
     
   
Monday 1st June 1964
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0943 Williams AFB AZ        
     
   
Sunday 7th June 1964
13:00
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0811 3560th Pilot Training Wing
Webb AFB TX		 Took off from Myrtle Beach AFB. Crashed one miles south of US 501 and Myrtle Beach and Conway      
Lt. David H. Leveritt
29
Decatur, Ga
killed		 IP
Captain Elbert C. Huffines Jr.,
Fairmont, NC
killed		  
   
Saturday 10th October 1964
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3684 Reese AFB TX 1st T-38 Midair (62-3687)      
     
Saturday 10th October 1964
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3687 Reese AFB TX 1st T-38 Midair (62-3684)      
     
   
Friday 30th October 1964
USAF		 T-38A-50 Talon 63-8188 Ellington AFB Bird Strike (snowgoose) while landing at Ellington Air Force Base. Canopy shattered Theodore C. Freeman
ejected at very low level, chute not enough time to deploy and was killed		 Northrop
   
10th February 1965
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3676 Reese AFB TX        
     
   
7th May 1965
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0871 Webb AFB TX Duluth MN      
     
   
14th May 1965
USAF		 T-38A-45
Talon		 10612 (62-3612) USAF pilot training at Williams AFB Arizona On 7th solo flight the landing gear could not be
raised. The wing commander ordered
a controlled bailout.		      

Martin Deuringer  10000ft 250kts heading SE 10NM from Williams Tacan

[see also German F-104G 30th April 1969]

 not occupied Northrop
   
8th June 1965
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3707 Vance AFB OK        
     
   
30th June 1965
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3609 Williams AFB AZ        
     
   
Thursday 26th August 1965
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8244

Laughlin AFB TX

 3 acft Midair (64-13177 & 64-13226) near Ozona,  Mexican Border. Crashed in rocky area of southwest Texas      
     
Thursday 26th August 1965
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13177 Laughlin AFB TX 3 acft Midair (63-8244 & 64-13226 near Ozona,  Mexican Border. Crashed in rocky area of southwest Texas)      
     
Thursday 26th August 1965
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13226 Laughlin AFB TX 3 acft Midair (63-8244 & 64-13177) near Ozona,  Mexican Border. Crashed in rocky area of southwest Texas      
     
   
 
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8165 Moody AFB GA England AFB LA      
     
   
15th December 1965
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8199 Moody AFB GA Tyndall AFB FL      
     
   
12th January 1966
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0934 Williams AFB AZ Midair with 64-13291      
     
12th January 1966
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13291 Williams AFB AZ Midair with 61-0934      
     
   
19th February 1966
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3647 Reese AFB TX Solo      

??
killed

    
   
28th February 1966
NASA		 T-38A-50 Talon 63-8181
N901NA		 NASA
Johnson Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri.

McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's plant, St. Louis, Missouri

 Aircraft approached too low and crashed into a roof of a building at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's plant, St. Louis, Missouri no ejections
Elliot McKay See Jr. killed Charles Bassett II killed
   
17th May 1966
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0932 Williams AFB AZ        
     
17th May 1966
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8213 Moody AFB GA Robbins AFB GA      
     
   
7th June 1966
USAF		 T-38A-35 60-0584 Randolph AFB TX        
     
   
25th June 1966
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10334 Laredo AFB TX Davis Monthan AFB (Williams AFB?)      
     
   
4th November 1966
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3658 Reese AFB TX Birdstrike Hill AFB UT      
     
   
7th November 1966
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3664 Reese AFB TX        
     
   
18th November 1966
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10410 Laredo AFB TX        
     
Thursday 16th February 1967
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10475 Craig AFB AL Midair with 66-8349. Crashed about 15 miles south of Craig AFB      
IP
??
ejected		 Student Pilot
??
ejected		  
Thursday 16th February 1967
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-8349 Craig AFB AL Midair with 65-10475. Crashed about 15 miles south of Craig AFB      
IP
??
ejected		 Student Pilot
??
ejected		  
 
Who was in which aircraft ?

crew 1 - IP Captain Charles F. Hayes, Wellstone, Oklahoma & 2nd Lt. Barry W. Johnson, Maitland, Florida

crew 2 - ??

 
18th April 1967
USAF		 T-38A-40 Talon 61-0928 Williams Air Force Base, Arizona 3rd jet in 4 ship -- canopy exploded
Devils Canyon, AZ		     Northrop
Front: instructor pilot Major Harry J. Peterson ejected Rear: Pilot Major Norman D. Peters ejected Northrop
   
10th May 1967
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-8354 Houston Space Center        
 C. Clifton Williams
killed		    
   
Friday 12th May 1967
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10465 Craig AFB, Selma Alabama Pilot on his first solo flight. Crashed into a wooded area near Selma, Alabama      
2nd Lt. John David Roberts
23
Montgomery
killed		 not occupied Northrop
   
28th May 1967
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8186 Moody AFB GA        
     
   
22nd June 1967
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0885 Williams AFB AZ        
     
22nd June 1967
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3735 Vance AFB OK        
     
   
31st July 1967
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8122 Vance AFB OK        
     
1st August 1967
USAF		 T-38A
Talon		     solo flight crashed 31 miles south of Sheppard. One killed    
1967 Aug 01 XGermany T-38A-65 66-8370 GAF Sheppard AFB TX   1st GAF jet crash    
  Air Force Plane Crash Kills Two in Oklahoma

Aug 2, 1967
... Jordan Jr 24 of North Little Rock Ark the student pilot The plane was a two seat T38 on a routine training flight from Vance air force base Enid Okla.

 
17th August 1967
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-4336 Craig AFB AL        
     
6th September 1967
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3670 Reese AFB TX Crashed during FCF      
     
Thursday 5th October 1967
14:00
USAF		 T-38 Talon     Mechanical failure. Crashed into a hillside  near Tallahassee, Florida on flight from Cape Kennedy to Houston Manned Space Centre via Mobile, Alabama Major Clifton C. Williams Jr.
[USMC]
killed

no ejection

  
Monday 30th October 1967
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13218 Laughlin AFB TX Crashed near Del Rio      
???
ejected		 ???
ejected		  
24th November 1967
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3694 Reese AFB TX        
     
29th January 1968
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13248 Laredo AFB TX        
     
7th March 1968
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10360 Laredo AFB TX        
     
12th March 1968
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10446 Craig AFB AL        
     
9th April 1968
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-4377 Randolph AFB TX        
     
22nd August 1968
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3613 Williams AFB AZ        
     
11th September 1968
USAF		 T-38A-65
Talon		 66-8371 GAF Sheppard AFB TX solo flight crashed near Nocona, Tex pilot suffered minor injuries    
30th September 1968
USAF		 T-38A-65
Talon		 66-8376 GAF Sheppard AFB TX solo flight crashed in Archer City, Tex.      
pilot suffered minor injuries    
7th October 1968
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0906 Williams AFB AZ        
     
7th November 1968
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10316 Laughlin AFB TX        
     
13th January 1969
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8114 Vance AFB OK        
     
3rd May 1969
USAF		 T-38A-70 67-14839 Laredo AFB TX single engine heavyweight at aux field      
Bob Ladley    
13th May 1969
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-4371 Randolph AFB TX        
     
7th July 1969
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3731 Vance AFB OK        
     
17th July 1969
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10323 Vance AFB OK McConnell AFB KS      
     
12th August 1969
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10423 Craig AFB AL        
     
13th August 1969
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-8396 Randolph AFB TX        
     
9th December 1969
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8212 Moody AFB GA Jacksonville FL -- to SAAMA 23 Mar 70      
     
31st January 1970
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13184 Laughlin AFB TX        
     
9th March 1970
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8223 Moody AFB GA        
     
20th April 1970
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3710 Vance AFB OK        
     
27th May 1970
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8140 Moody AFB GA        
     
11th August 1970
USAF		 T-38A-75 68-8115 Columbus AFB MS        
     
12th August 1970
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13229 Laughlin AFB TX        
     
14th August 1970
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8245 Laughlin AFB TX        
     
25th August 1970
USAF		 T-38A-35 60-0596 Tyndall AFB FL        
     
25th August 1970
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-4353 Randolph AFB TX        
     
27th August 1970
USAF		 T-38A-65 66-4322 Craig AFB AL        
     
4th September 1970
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8134 AFSC
Edwards AFB CA		 crashed at Palmdale Wake turbulence from C-141 on cross runway      
Maj James Martin Taylor, TPS IP (former MOL astronaut)    
8th September 1970
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0805 Webb AFB TX Midair with 64-13303      
     
8th September 1970
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13303 Webb AFB TX Midair with 61-0805      
     
1st October 1970
USAF		 T-38A-30 60-0560 Tyndall AFB FL        
     
3rd December 1970
USAF		 T-38A-60 65-10462 Craig AFB AL Rebuilt  Thornton Corp      
     
11th December 1970
CHECK DATE
USAF		      El Paso Tex International Airport. Both crew astronauts Canopy problems. Landed back at Houston      
     
14th December 1970
USAF		 T-38A-55 64-13166 Laughlin AFB TX        
     
16th December 1970
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0901 Williams AFB AZ        
     
3rd February 1971
USAF		 T-38A-40 61-0881 Williams AFB AZ        
     
Wednesday 5th May 1971
USAF		 T-38A-50 63-8170 Laughlin AFB
Del Rio Texas		 Crashed during night practice landings      
Student
2nd Lt. Robert A. Backemeyer
Crown Point, Indiana
Injured		 IP
Captain Robert K. Seabury
RD 1
West Newton
killed		  
27th June 1971
USAF		 T-38A-45 62-3726 Vance AFB Oklahoma Crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff near Point Mugu NAS      
??
killed		 ??
killed		  
26th July 1971
USAF		 T-38A-40