The RF-4C Crash into AFTN Udorn on 4/10/70
l968 Photo by Dave Ramsey at Udorn RTAFB of the exact RF-F4 that two years later would crash into the AFTN building at approximately 2:00pm in the afternoon on April 10, l970.
1. Crash Reconstruction/Incident
2. Eyewitness Accounts (1) Eyewitness Accounts (2)
3. The Photographic Record of the Crash
16mm color film of the actual plane crash
Crash Sequence and Response by Udorn Firemen and Crash Recovery
Still photos
Page 1--The Crash Inferno , Page 2--Putting Out the Fires , Page 3--Putting Out the Fires, Part 2
Page 4--The Immediate Aftermath, Page 5--The Aftermath, Page 6--The Clean-Up
4. Initial Mishap Report Sent to 13th AF (Report declassified on 2/13/03)
Report. Cover, Pg 1 , Pg 2, Pg 3, Pg 4, Pg 5
5. Destruction of Udorn AFTN Radio & TV Facility
AFTN Rpt to 13th AF by Cpt. Horace "Dick" Hiner Pg 1, Pg 2, Pg 3
6. How the Incident was reported in the media
a. The Daily Recce (Udorn base paper)
b. New York Times (Apr 11th) (Apr 13th, 1970)
NEW c. MACV Information Report (April, l970)
7. Crash Recollection by Jim Treat, NKP Station Manager (Dec 69-Nov 70)
8. Replacement Transmitter for the Udorn Radio by Patrick Minoughan, AFTN Takhli Program Director (Sep 69-Sep 70)
9. Restoring AFTN Radio Udorn by Bill Ostrander, AFTN Korat, Engineer (69-70)
Udorn Memorial Service, April 17, 1970
10. Ecumenical Memorial Service (Udorn RTAFB, April 17, l970)
11. AFTN Newsletter- May, 1970
------They Will Not Be Soon Forgotten by David T. LaFollette, Lt. Col. USAF, Chief, AFTN
------ A Time to Keep --AFTN Udorn, April 10, 1970
------From Tragedy to Tribute
12.. History of the RF-4C-PhotoReconnaisance Phantom
Updated 1/5/06