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Welcome to VFW Post 10249
The History Behind the Post Name
AFTN Memorial VFW Post 10249 in Udorn, Thailand, is named in memory of nine airmen (see names below) killed on duty when a battle-damaged RF-4C Phantom aircraft crashed into the Armed Forces Thailand Network (AFTN) Udorn Radio-TV Station on 10 April 1970.
AFTN was a subordinate unit of the Armed Forces Radio Television Service (AFRTS), roughly the same type of organization as today's FEN in Japan and AFFECT in Korea. It provided radio and TV services to military personnel stationed in Thailand, with broadcast units located at all AF and Army bases in Thailand. All stations, each manned by 15-20 personnel, were assigned to AFTN-HQ Korat and attached to the Base Support Group. AFRTS-Los Angeles provided AFTN Udorn with records, tapes, and other operational materials. AFTN was downgraded in later years to a Broadcast Squadron with Detachments.
The fateful day, April 10, 1970, dawned as another beautiful Thai day. There was little wind, and only a few puffy cumuli dotted the blue sky. At exactly 1302, an RF-4C Phantom code-named Falcon 34 (tail number 65863) departed Udorn RTAFB for tactical reconnaissance of a line of enemy communications in northwestern Laos. Around 1330, after the aircraft climbed out of its first target run, its master caution light illuminated. A check revealed failure of the PC-2 hydraulic system; the pilot declared an emergency and headed back to Udorn. On the return trip the utility hydraulic system also failed. Around that time the navigator reported a hole 3 to 6 inches in diameter just forward of the spoiler in the right wing.
Official reports and witnesses of the subsequent accident at Udorn say that around 1400 hours the severely damaged recon aircraft began a long straight-in approach after the pilot confirmed with the Flight Safety Officer that he was able to maintain control. The landing was to be with no flaps and with barrier engagement, and on final approach the landing gear and arresting hook were down. At a point about one-quarter to one-half mile out, however, the aircraft began to roll to the right, and failed to respond to controls. The pilot initiated a go-around, but still could not stop the right roll. With total loss of control, the crewmembers elected to eject.
The out-of-control plane subsequently hit the ground and careened through the housing area, spraying burning fuel in all directions and knocking off part of a 2-story barracks and a couple of officers' quarters. It destroyed nine buildings and a trailer, and came to a stop after piercing the AFTN Station. The impact and associated fire instantly killed everyone on duty inside the station except one airman who jumped from a window and later died from burns. (For more information and photos of the crash, see "Brass Button Broadcasters," by Trent Christman, published in 1992.)
An Ecumenical Memorial Service and Mass were held on 17 April to honor "the nine men of AFTN who died while serving their country." The Final Commendation of the Memorial Service contained these words from the Bible: "I am the Resurrection and the Life; he who believeth in me, though he may die, shall live; and he who liveth and believeth in me, shall never die." The nine airmen are forever enshrined in the name of AFTN Memorial Post 10249, Udorn, Thailand.
TSGT Jack A Hawley, Wakeman, OH
SSGT James A. Howard, Denver, CO
A1C Andrew C. McCartney, Lakewood, OH
SSGT Alfred N. Potter, Forest Grove, OR
SGT John Charles Rose, Bloomfield, NJ
TSGT Frank D. Ryan, Jr., Mercer Island, WA
SSGT Edward W. Strain, Myrtle Beach, SC
TSGT Roy Walker, Albuquerque, NM
A1C Thomas L. Waterman, Roanoke, VA
Story compiled by Tom Elliott (VFW Post 2485)