Frank Howard Briggs
Colonel
19TH TAC AIR SPT SQDN, 504TH TAC AIR SPT GROUP, 7TH AF United States Air Force Manaus, Brazil April 17, 1928 to October 19, 1969 FRANK H BRIGGS is on the Wall at Panel W17, Line 90 |
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But these also were godly men,
A memorial from his children,
Debora Lambert
Jeffrey Briggs
Rosalie Chambers |
A Note from The Virtual WallOn 19 Oct 1969 Lt Col Frank H. Briggs and Capt James C. Woods, both of the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, were conducting a routine training and standardization flight from Bien Hoa Air Base in OV-10B 68-3786. Between Bien Hoa and Long Thanh North AAF the aircraft was hit by enemy fire in the starboard engine.The starboard engine failed while on short GCA final. The resulting asymmetric thrust and drag forced the aircraft into a low-altitude starboard roll and its right wing impacted the ground, ending in a cart-wheeling crash on the runway. Neither Colonel Briggs nor Captain Woods was able to escape from the aircraft before impact and both were killed in the crash. |
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