Mt.crewchief Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I have a question that maybe one of you guys can answer for me. Does the USAF keep records of daily missions? Also if they do, do they keep them in an archive somewhere? The reason I ask, is while reading many books on the ground war/infantry actions in Viet Nam, I have discovered that most of the books I have read the authors have been able to go back to their unit records and check their memories with what actually happened on what mission and what day! Names and everything! I am still looking for any records/missions that would include my experiences on Jan 1st. 1968. If they did keep a daily log on each acft or mission, would they still be available? As the years go by, I can still remember the mission like it just happened, but now I am wondering if I screwed up the date!!! Also, the only guy I knew on the aircraft that day was the assistant crew-chief on the plane (56-0475), Dan Lafferty. Do any of you guys know or remember him? Would it do any good to just concentrate on missions in Viet Nam by the 374th TAW? The plane involved was in the 35th TAS. One more question,how would I find out the same info about the Blind Bat missions? If anybody has any suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them. Either here on the forum or via PM or e-mail. Thanks for the help, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You might try the history office at the 374 AW at Yokota AB Japan. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 You might try the history office at the 374 AW at Yokota AB Japan. Bob Thanks for the tip Bob. Is there an address for the 374 AW or do you think I could just look it up on Google? Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Bob, I took your advice and sent a letter off to Yakota. ---I hope to the right place! I will let you know what happens! Thanks, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graywolf88 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Some of us kept little log books with info to file travel vouchers. Still got some of mine. Got my old flight records too, but nothing going back to 68. If you could find somebody with the right logs still in a box you might could get a little info, but only if they crewed your plane on that date. Not sure what the USAF has in their files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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