Thud Pilot: F-105 Combat Memoirs of Col. Vic Vizcarra
Electronic Media Item Number: 1974EM1538
- Media Type
- Electronic Media
- Physical Location
- Cold Vault CS65.10E
- Number of Media
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- W. Howard Plunkett Collection
- Association
- Society of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)
- Format
- CD
- Digitized in HD?
- No
Dates
Creation: 2000Existence: 1966
- General Note
- Thud Pilot: Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1966
Prelude
Introduction
Chapter 1 - First Deployment
Chapter 2 - First Real Combat Mission
Chapter 3 - Mid-Air Refueling, "Pussy Galor"
Chapter 4 - Dien Bien Phu, Prelude to SAM Strike
Chapter 5 - First Battle Damage
Chapter 6 - Going Way Up North
Chapter 7 - Third Deployment, See the Flak
Chapter 8 - Clipper 2 is Down
Chapter 9 - Three in a Row
Chapter 10 - Mayday, Mayday, Mayday
Chapter 11 - Any Landing You Can Walk Away From
Chapter 12 - The Home Front, The Real Heroes
Epilogue
Appendix A - Thud Honor Roll
Appendix B - F-105 Combat Statistics
Appendix C - Letter From Pops
Appendix D - Fighter Pilot Buffoonery
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1974EM1538
- Citation
- Thud Pilot: F-105 Combat Memoirs of Col. Vic Vizcarra, 1974EM1538. No Date, W. Howard Plunkett Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1974EM1538, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1974EM1538, W. Howard Plunkett Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 14 Aug 2024 [Updated: 19 Aug 2024]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu
