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Click here to go to the Crash Site Report.
Click on the picture to see the full photo taken by Jimmy Moore, a close friend of Jack.
During the Vietnam War 362 aviators were awarded this medal.
Click to read Jack's Distinguished Flying Cross citation.
Awarded for the August 20 1966 rescue of a downed US Air Force pilot who went by the call
sign of TORPEDO.
The rescued USAF pilot referred to in the DFC citation was Edwin Tiffany Hawks, aka Tiff Hawks.
The aircraft, an RF-4C Phantom, took a direct hit from ground fire during a night photo run while dropping flares. The explosion
from the ground fire may have incapacitated the other crew member, Richard M. Milikin III, who was in the rear seat. He was
never recovered. Hawks ejected and evaded the enemy until he was picked up by a rescue helicopter.
On 6/4/02 Tiff Hawks wrote: "I was the downed pilot of the RF-4C, call sign, "TORPEDO", that Jack
and his wingman located, identified and definitely created the rescue that saved my life. The chopper that picked me up was
call sign, "Indian Gal 51", from the Kearsarge. I knew the A-1 Locket flight, was from the Oriskany. I never knew until this
week that Jack Feldhaus was the one who led Locket flight. "INDIAN GAL 51" was piloted by Lt. BIll Roy, co-pilot Lt. Vann
Goodloe and one of the specialists in the back that hoisted me up to safety was named Sitko,"
Click here to read more about this on Jack's Biography page.
Click to read Tiff Hawk's account of his crash and rescue.
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