After recapture following his shootdown and epic escape attempt. Bud Day is marched north to Hanoi, where he will spend the next five plus years as a guest of the North Vietnamese at the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
20 Feb 2025
Bud Day, F-100 Super Sabre Misty FAC, Vietnam
Bud Day was the commander of Detachment One of the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the top secret group of F-100 Forward Air Controllers officially known as Commando Sabre, but better known by their callsign "Misty". Bud was shot down over North Vietnam, escaped, and came within two miles of freedom before being recaptured. This is part 1 on Bud Day, covering Bud's early life, the origins of forward air control, the F-100, the standing up of the Mistys, and Bud’s shootdown and subsequent escape.
Selected references:
Return With Honor by George E. Day
American Patriot, the Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day by Robert Coram
Hit My Smoke! Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia by Jan Churchill
Semper Fi,
Kelly “Beavis” Ramshur
AviationMoH@gmail.com
13 May 2024
S1 addendum: The Bloody 100th - Masters of the Air
I started this episode as an extra to the first season on B-17s in the 8th AF, but put it away halfway done. With the release of Apple TV’s Masters of the Air I decided to revive it. This is the story of The Bloody 100th, the 100th Heavy Bomb Group, who operated over Europe from June 1943 until the end of the war. Probably the most famous of the 8th Air Force bomb groups, what set the 100th apart was the losses it suffered, in particular the huge losses it seemed to suffer over and over again. While other groups may have suffered the same fate on a mission or two, the 100th had eight separate missions in which it was almost wiped out. Rumor was among the men of the 8th that the Luftwaffe had targeted the 100th for destruction. Several topics hit on in this episode are covered more in-depth in my earlier season one podcasts on B-17s and the 8th. I recommend listening to those episodes prior to this one.
I can be reached at aviationmoh@gmail.com Feedback and reviews are appreciated. Semper Fi, Kelly "Beavis" Ramshur
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