00517337 3-5193-1A SECRET 2440296 03-15-1969

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.0413-57 V.1 VOL I OF II 18894 K7226 438 602 51 2451403 08-12-1999 REPORT DESCRIBES EVENTS SURROUNDING THE CAPTURE AND RELEASE OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, INCLUDING MISSION, SHOOTDOWN, RESCUE ATTEMPTS, AND IMPRISONMENT. DISCUSSES THE CAPTURE AND RELEASE OF LT COL NORRIS M. OVERLY, A B-57 AIRCRAFT COMMANDER AT PHAN RANG AIR BASE, SVN (SOUTH VIETNAM); CAPT JON D. BLACK, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; AND LT DAVID P. MATHENY, UNITED STATES NAVY. ALSO DISCUSSES THE CAPTURE OF MAJ JAMES F. LOW, CAPT JOE CARPENTER, F-4D PILOT, AND MAJ FRED N. THOMPSON. DISCUSSES RELEASE NEGOTIATIONS AND RETURN OF MAJ LOW, CAPT CARPENTER, AND MAJ THOMPSON. PACIFIC AIR FORCE (PACAF) EVASION AND RECOVERY (E AND R) REPORTS CONTAIN A NARRATIVE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING SELECTED AIRCREW RECOVERIES WHICH INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT PRE-MISSION BRIEFINGS, TAKEOFFS, SHOOTDOWNS OR EMERGENCY CRASHES, EVASION EFFORTS, AND RECOVERIES. DISCUSSES SUCCESSFUL EVASION AND RECOVERY AND EVASION AND ESCAPE SCENARIOS. PROPER USE OF SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPLICATION OF SURVIVAL SCHOOL TRAINING APPEARED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN SUCCESSFUL EVASIONS. NOFORN MAJ JAMES B. OVERTON PROJECT CORONA HARVEST DOCUMENT 0211888.