A Note from The Virtual Wall 1st Lt Rosen was the copilot on "Prong 33", an EC-47P (tail number 43-49100) which was on a radio direction finding mission out of Phu Cat Air Base. After returning to base to have an inoperable navigational instrument fixed, the aircraft launched into marginal weather. Upon arrival in its operating area, the pilot in command determined that the weather conditions were unsafe and turned back toward Phu Cat. Prong 33 was given a radar-controlled approach to Phu Cat, but as the aircraft approached the airfield the crew reported an inverter fire and loss of directional and attitude instruments. Shortly after that call radio and radar contact with Prong 33 was lost. Bad weather hampered search and rescue operations and the wreckage was not located until four days later, 12 October 1969. Six aircrewmen died in the crash: 361st Tac Electronic Warfare Squadron, 460th TRW, 7TH AF 1st Lt Ronald H. Knight, Strawberry Plains, TN, pilot 1st Lt Max E. Rosen, Philadelphia, PA, copilot Capt Bradley R. Ransom, Barlow, KY, navigator TSgt Sylvester W. Redman, Petersburg, WV, flight engineer Det 1, 6994th Security Squadron, 7TH AF SSgt Elmore L. Hall, Savannah, GA, aircrew Sgt Michael L. Stiglich, Troutville, VA, aircrew More information is available on the EC-47 site .

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