57 - Charles Loucks
Jack,
Great website. My father was Charles Loucks, who retired out of Seymour Johnson in December 1976. Due to medical reasons he never flew after retirement; however, I could always tell that a piece of his heart -- flying -- was torn away. Unfortunately, he was killed in a single-car accident in November 1999. It is ironic that he can fly 150 mission over North Vietnam without a scratch, and end up losing his life driving a car. He always talked about his time with you all, and we will always miss his stories (even if we knew some of them were B.S.). We have missed him since the day we lost him. Incidentally, we scattered his ashes out of an Cessna window over the Pacific.
Allan, Thank you for the entry and for identifying your dad in the squadron picture of May 1967. I'll be in touch via email. Take care, Jack