Vietnam War
Unit | 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron |
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Rank | Captain U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Bethel Maine |
Date of Death | May 3 1970 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Captain Churchill was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On May 3, 1970, he was the weapons systems officer of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on an operational mission half way between Ban Ban and Nong Het in Xiangkhoang Province, Laos, when his aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed into a river. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.