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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair F-102A Delta Dagger |
| Owner/operator: | 438th FIS USAF |
| Registration: | 56-1473 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 45 miles NE from Pagwa, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kincheloe AFB, MI |
| Kincheloe AFB, MI |
Two F-102 interceptors of the 438th FIS were scrambled from Kincheloe AFB Michigan to intercept a formation of B-47s flying a simulated attack over Northern Ontario, Canada. Controllers at NORAD’s Pagwa Radar Station (50.0177, -85.2516) directed the two inrterceptors onto one of the B-47s flying at 28,000 feet. The radar return showed only one blip, but in reality a second B-47, 51-7082, was very close to the targetted B-47 thus fooling the ground radar operators into believing there was only one aircraft. After the intercept, the fighters were told to peel off. They did a climbing turn into the sun and one the F-102s, 56-1473, collided with the second B-47, cutting off its tail. Both aircraft crashed into the forest 45 miles NE of Pagwa, Ontario. The pilot and copilot of the B-47 ejected and were rescued, but the navigator and second copilot were killed as was the F-102 pilot, 1st Lt. Gaylord Beryl Treu. Despite extensive air and ground searches by the USAF and RCAF, no trace of the F-102 or Lt. Treu were ever found.
Sources:
The Evening Independent 18 December 1959, p1
https://campingcdn.blogspot.com/2012/12/1st-lt-gaylord-b-treu-usaf-fighter.html
https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/columns/back-roads-bill/back-roads-bill-shows-us-another-piece-from-a-65-year-old-puzzle-7250872
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422214312/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F-102A.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113671724/gaylord-b-treu
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2017 18:40 | TB | Added |
| 17-Apr-2018 17:03 | j155 | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 13-Jan-2020 20:34 | JF | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 12-Feb-2020 09:37 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 24-Feb-2020 18:42 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 29-Apr-2025 14:45 | Cosmo | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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