Hurlburt Field in Okaloosa County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Spooky
Puff the Magic Dragon
Photographed By Mark Hilton, October 29, 2016
1. Spooky - Puff the Magic Dragon Monument
Inscription.
Spooky. Puff the Magic Dragon. Front
This monument is dedicated to those crewmembers that paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving on the AC-47 in Southeast Asia., You Will Always Be Remembered, All Gave Some, AC-47 Air Bases Vietnam Ubon - Thailand . Da Nang Pleiku . Phu Cat Bien Hoa . Nha Trang Tan Son Nhut . Phan Rang Binh Thuy, . Rear
Robert W. Abbott · Robert L. Abernathy · Francis R. Buckley · Claude W. Mathews · Derrell B. Jeffords · Dennis L. Eilers · Joseph Christiano · Larry C. Thornton · William K. Colwell · Arden K. Hassenger · Willard M. Collins · Delbert R. Peterson · Robert E. Foster · Howard W. Henninger · Robert E. Pasekoff · Gerald E. Olson · Gene E. Davis · Edwin E. Morgan · Marshall I. Pauley · Dean A. Duvall · George W. Jensen · Marshall L .Tapp · George W. Thompson · James A. Preston · James E. Williams · William L. Madison · Kenneth D. McKenney · Harding E. Smith Sr. · Theodore E. Kryszak · Russell D. Martin · Harold E. Mullins · Luther L. Rose · Ervin Warren · Charles W. Robertson · James D. Goodman · Joseph E. Wilkinson III · Raymond Medina · Cecil T. Thompson · Dana R. Kelley · Lonny L. Mitzel · William H. Hosea · Herbert C. Rice · John B. Cabana Jr. · John L. Brim · James L. Fields · Guy J. Brungard · Robert E. Ruonavaara · Burnett Neal Jr. · Bruce R. Williams · Clifford C. Barnett Jr. · Fred E. Barnette. · Robert W. Davis · Thomas A. Preaux · Michael J. Stephens · Van H. Newville · Arthur R. Coughlin · William W. Duck · Charles J. Rogiers · James C. Krouse · William W. Scoville · Walter C. Wright · Karl M. Waldron Jr. · Edward B. Quill Jr. · Thomas J. Margle · Warren M. Dixon · Robert K. Kawamura · Roger G. Lee · James H. Bennett · Brent J. Tosh · Richard W. Wackerfuss · Donald L. Merry · Edward C. Krawczyk · Leslie E. Harris Jr. · Teddy J. Tomchesson · Barry L. Brown · James E. Bowman · Douglas J. Cradeur · Roy L. Lede · Robert P. Acher Jr. · James S. Pitches · Roy C. Williams Jr. · Harry H. Wecker · Willie W. Alley · Lester M. Cavallin · Albert McBride · Fred W. Smith, Some Gave All.
Front
This monument is dedicated
to those crewmembers that
paid the ultimate sacrifice
while serving on the AC-47
in Southeast Asia.
You Will Always
Be Remembered
All Gave Some
AC-47 Air Bases
Vietnam
Ubon - Thailand • Da Nang
Pleiku • Phu Cat
Bien Hoa • Nha Trang
Tan Son Nhut • Phan Rang
Binh Thuy
Rear
Robert W. Abbott · Robert L. Abernathy · Francis R. Buckley · Claude W. Mathews · Derrell B. Jeffords · Dennis L. Eilers · Joseph Christiano · Larry C. Thornton · William K. Colwell · Arden K. Hassenger · Willard M. Collins · Delbert R. Peterson · Robert E. Foster · Howard W. Henninger · Robert E. Pasekoff · Gerald E. Olson · Gene E. Davis · Edwin E. Morgan · Marshall I. Pauley · Dean A. Duvall · George W. Jensen · Marshall L .Tapp · George W. Thompson · James A. Preston · James E. Williams · William L. Madison · Kenneth D. McKenney · Harding E. Smith Sr. · Theodore E. Kryszak · Russell D. Martin · Harold E. Mullins · Luther L. Rose · Ervin Warren · Charles W. Robertson · James D. Goodman · Joseph E. Wilkinson III · Raymond Medina · Cecil T. Thompson · Dana R. Kelley · Lonny L. Mitzel · William H. Hosea · Herbert C. Rice · John B. Cabana Jr. · John L. Brim ·
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James L. Fields · Guy J. Brungard · Robert E. Ruonavaara · Burnett Neal Jr. · Bruce R. Williams · Clifford C. Barnett Jr. · Fred E. Barnette. · Robert W. Davis · Thomas A. Preaux · Michael J. Stephens · Van H. Newville · Arthur R. Coughlin · William W. Duck · Charles J. Rogiers · James C. Krouse · William W. Scoville · Walter C. Wright · Karl M. Waldron Jr. · Edward B. Quill Jr. · Thomas J. Margle · Warren M. Dixon · Robert K. Kawamura · Roger G. Lee · James H. Bennett · Brent J. Tosh · Richard W. Wackerfuss · Donald L. Merry · Edward C. Krawczyk · Leslie E. Harris Jr. · Teddy J. Tomchesson · Barry L. Brown · James E. Bowman · Douglas J. Cradeur · Roy L. Lede · Robert P. Acher Jr. · James S. Pitches · Roy C. Williams Jr. · Harry H. Wecker · Willie W. Alley · Lester M. Cavallin · Albert McBride · Fred W. Smith
Some Gave All
Erected 2016 by the AC-47 Spooky Gunship Brotherhood.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military • War, Vietnam. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
Location. 30° 24.866′ N, 86° 42.015′ W. Marker is in Hurlburt Field, Florida, in Okaloosa County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Independence Road and Oneal Avenue. Located at the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park
Photographed By Mark Hilton, October 29, 2016
2. List of AC-47 Spooky gunship fallen crewmembers.
just inside the main gate. Base access is required. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 315 Independence Road, Hurlburt Field FL 32544, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . 1. Vietnam War Weapons: The AC-47 Gunship. Warfare History Network website entry (Submitted on July 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
This airframe was never an AC-47, and was actually a regular unarmed C-47. It was painted to appear as an AC-47.
A similar example is located at the Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 601 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 30, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.