Cuban Missile Crisis
Distinguished Flying Cross Awardees

4080TH STRATEGIC WING
4028TH STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WEATHER SQUADRON
PRESENTOR: GENERAL THOMAS S. POWER, (CINCSAC)
HEADQUARTERS, STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND
28 NOVEMBER 1962
LOCKHEED U-2A/C

MAJOR RUDOLF ANDERSON, JR. (KIA)
MAJOR BUDDY L. BROWN
MAJOR EDWIN G. EMERLING
MAJOR RICHARD S. HEYSER
MAJOR JAMES A. QUALLS
CAPTAIN GEORGE M. BULL
CAPTAIN ROGER H. HERMAN
CAPTAIN CHARLES W. KERN
CAPTAIN GERALD E. McILMOYLE
CAPTAIN ROBERT L. PRIMROSE
CAPTAIN DANIEL W. SCHMARR

363rd TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE WING
29TH TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON
PRESENTOR: ADMIRAL ROBERT L. DENNISON, (CINCLANT)
29 NOVEMBER 1962
RF-101C

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CLYDE B. EAST
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOE M. O’GRADY
CAPTAIN ARTHUR W. BECKSTROM
CAPTAIN GEORGE W. BERNERT
CAPTAIN JACK C. BOWLAND
CAPTAIN THOMAS B. ESTES
CAPTAIN THOMAS L. HENNAGAN
CAPTAIN HALLETT P. MARSTON, JR.
CAPTAIN BOBBY J. MARTIN
CAPTAIN BYRON L. MARVIN
CAPTAIN SIMON W.C. MOSES
CAPTAIN CARL K. OVERSTREET
CAPTAIN JAMES B. PAYSON
CAPTAIN GORDON PALENIUS
CAPTAIN ALBERT G. ROGERS

UNITED STATES NAVY ATLANTIC FLEET
VFP-62
PRESENTOR: REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH “KIT” CARSON, (COMFAIRJAX)
CECIL FIELD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 13, 1962
RF-8A

COMMANDER WILLIAM B. ECKER
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JAMES A. KAUFLIN
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER TAD T. RILEY
LIEUTENANT GERALD L. COFFEE
LIEUTENANT JOHN JAMES HEWITT, JR.
LIEUTENANT CHRISTOPHER B. WILHELMY


VFP-62
PRESENTOR: ADMIRAL ROBERT L. DENNISON, (CINCLANT)
CECIL FIELD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 29, 1962
RF-8A

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM N. KELT
LIEUTENANT ARTHUR R. DAY
LIEUTENANT EDMOND M. FEEKS
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE ROBERT W. CHANCE
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE TERRY V. HALLCOM
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE WILLIAM L. TAYLOR

VMCJ-2
PRESENTOR: ADMIRAL ROBERT L. DENNISON, (CINCLANT)
CECIL FIELD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 29, 1962
RF-8A

CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. CAROLAN
CAPTAIN RICHARD C. CONWAY
CAPTAIN JOHN I. HUDSON
CAPTAIN EDGAR A. LOWE

Sources:
LHF Archives
4080th STRATEGIC WING HISTORY
29TH TACTICAL RECONNAISANCE SQUADRON INFORMATION FURNISHED LT. COL. CLYDE EAST (USAF, Retired)
“BLUE MOON OVER CUBA” MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. ECKER

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