Bat 21Rescue in Vietnam

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

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4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, two EB-66 aircraft, call signs Bat 21 and Bat 22 were flying pathfinder escort for three B-52s, which were assigned to bomb the two primary access routes to the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos. Gene Hambleton, a navigator aboard Bat 21, was shot down behind North Vietnamese lines. His rescue became known as the largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue operation during the Vietnam War. In this episode, Gene Hambleton recounts his dramatic story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:35.3	On April 2nd, 1972, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Hamilton's EB-66 aircraft was sent aloft on a mission to jam the radar of the North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile installations. Ironically, Hamilton's plane was hit by one of the deadly Sams.
1:40.3	Hamilton ejected and parachuted safely to the ground.
1:46.5	But a quick rescue attempt was foiled when searchers discovered that he had landed right in the middle of an enemy division.
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