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  • TVL1970 said:
    US Air Force F-100F Super Sabre, 56-3937 (c/n 243-213). Transferred to the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air) on April 29, 1958. This aircraft is still extant and on display at Savigny-les-Beaune, France. Here is a recent (March 2018) photo of the same aircraft posted by Flickr user l8rmt:

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  • TVL1970 said:
    Bob Hoover with a leg in the cockpit of North American F-100D (F-100D-30-NA), USAF Ser. No. 55-3702. Lawrence A. "Dutch" Holland was piloting this particular aircraft on June 12, 1965, during a close air support (CAS) mission over South Vietnam, when he reported his aircraft was hit and he was forced to eject. He'd perish in subsequent small arms combat with Viet Cong in the area he landed with his parachute. As per the Super Sabre Society: supersabresociety.com/biography/holland-lawrence-dutch/
    Major Lawrence T. “Dutch” Holland was flight lead of a pair of F-100D’s fragged on a Close Air Support mission over South Vietnam. His aircraft was the lead in a flight of two F-100’s. After making passes on a target near Don Luan in Phuoc Long Province, he transmitted his aircraft had been hit and his parachute was observed in 100-foot trees.
    “Holland got into a shootout with the Viet Cong. He had a pistol and was outgunned by the VC with automatic assault rifles.”(1) A rescue helicopter landed the nearest clearing and the helicopter crew proceeded on foot into the woods. They were fired upon by Viet Cong and saw the enemy drag the limp body of Maj Holland into a ditch. The helicopter crew were unable to rescue Maj Holland.
    In late August 1971, the Air Force received information which they believed sufficient to determine that Holland had died at the time of the incident. It was determined Holland had been shot and killed by Viet Cong soldiers after he opened fire on them. Maj. Holland was reportedly buried in the immediate vicinity of the incident. His status was changed to Killed in Action/Body not Recovered. he was almost in the grasp of rescue teams but appeared to have been lifeless.
    (1) Source: PJ’s in Vietnam: The Story of Air Rescue in Vietnam through the eyes of Pararescuemen, by John LaPointe
    See also: Super Sabre Society - Lawrence A. "Dutch" Holland (1934-1965)

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