Lt. Col. John William Armstrong
Name: John William Armstrong
Rank/Branch: 05/USAF
Unit:
Date of Birth: 05 December 1926
Home City of Record: Dallas Texas
Date of Loss: November 9,1967
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 171500N 1060800E
Status: In 1973 Missing in Action
Category:2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C
Refno:0832
Other personnel in incident: Lance P. Sijan (remains returned)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from US Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. Network
Remarks:
Subject: John W. Armstrong
Date: Friday 3 Nov 2000 20:50:45-0800
From: "tka99" < [email protected]>
Just searching the web and found it amazing that my father is listed on so many sites. Thank you for the listing. However, the error that I have found in all sites so far read, is:
John Armstrong was the pilot/squadron commander and Lance Sijan was the back-seater (WSO). All the sites I have seen tonight have it the other way around.
Sincerely,
Thomas K. Armstrong
[email protected]
Synopsis: 1Lt. Lance P. Sijan was the pilot and Lt.Col. John W. Armstrong the bombardier/navigator of an F4C Phantom fighter/bomber sent on a mission over Laos last November 9.1967. Sijan and Armstrong were flying low of the "HO Chi Minh Trail" when at apporiximately 9 pm.,the aircraft was hit by a surface to air missle (SAM) and crashed.
At 10/31/2001 09:59 PM-0500
Dear Sirs,I would like to make a correction on the information the crash of Lt.Col. Armstrong/Lt. Sijan's F4.The aircraft was brought down by defective fuses on the bombs that they were carrying on November 9,1967. This information is noted in the book "Into The Mouth of the Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam" by Malcolm McConnell. I would like to see corrections made on your info page on Sijan/Armstrong.
Thank you
Harold Lowery
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