Collateral Report, Volume 1 of 3, Department of the Air Force - Verbatim Transcripts and Sworn Statements taken at Clark Air Base (Republic of the Philippines) - re: Operation Babylift, Crash of C-5A Galaxy aircraft on 4 April 1975
Document Item Number: 21890102001
- Pages
- 116
- Media Type
- Document
- Information removed from digital copy?
- Yes
- Physical Location
- Box 01, Folder 02,
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Harry Robertson Collection
- Association
- Operation Babylift
Dates
Creation: 02 July 1975Other: 31 March 1975 - 02 July 1975
- General Note
- Most interviews were done by COL Bernard A. Waxstein Jr, C5A Collateral Investigating Officer, April-July 1975.
-Verbatim Transcript of Interview with SGT Philip R. Wise, 9th Aeromedical Evacuation Group - 17 April 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of Thelma L. Thompson, Passenger - 10 April 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of Susan Elizabeth Derge, Passenger - 10 April 1975 ;
-Verbatim Transcript of Interview with Theresa 'Terry' Drye, Passenger (Dependent daughter of Helen Drye, USDAO Employee, Saigon) - 16 April 1975 ;
-Verbatim Transcript of Interview with Linda D. Adams - San Francisco, California - 24 June 1975 ;
-Statement of Dr. Merrit W. Stark - 23 May 1975 ;
-Statement of Christine E. Leivermann - 2 July 1975 ;
-Statement of George J. Jenkins, Witness - 10 April 1975 ;
-Statement of Antonio Buentello, Jr, PDO-DAO Saigon - 10 April 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of TSGT Noah E. Fields, 60 Field Maintenance Squadron - 27 June 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of SGT Larry G. Van Dyne, Aero-Repair Shop, 60 Field Maintenance Squadron - 27 June 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of Glen Critchfield, Aero-Repair Shop, 60 Field Maintenance Squadron - 27 June 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of William E. Hell, Aero-Repair Shop, 60 Field Maintenance Squadron - 30 June 1975 ;
-Statement of CPT Christie E. Bixler II, C-5 Weapons System Safety Manager, Headquarters MAC
-Verbatim Transcript of Interview with MSGT Gary Robert Johnson - 15 April 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of MAJ Anthony F. Diferdinando, 22 Air Force, Expert Witness - 6 June 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of CPT Robert L. Covert, Expert Witness - 18 June 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of CWO Robert T. Gifford, Expert Witness - 1 July 1975 ;
-Sworn Statement of MSGT Elmer W. Hardin, 60 Military Airlift Wing - 1 July 1975.
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=21890102001
- Citation
- Collateral Report, Volume 1 of 3, Department of the Air Force - Verbatim Transcripts and Sworn Statements taken at Clark Air Base (Republic of the Philippines) - re: Operation Babylift, Crash of C-5A Galaxy aircraft on 4 April 1975, 21890102001. No Date, Box 01, Folder 02, Harry Robertson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=21890102001, Accessed 06 Jun 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 21890102001, Harry Robertson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 28 Feb 2017 [Updated: 05 May 2026]
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