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CASE SYNOPSIS: DUFFY, JOHN EVERETT
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Name: John Everett Duffy
Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force
Unit:
Date of Birth: 23 January 1946
Home City of Record: Portland ME
Date of Loss: 04 April 1970
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 144600N 1084400E
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: O2
Other Personnel
In Incident: (none missing)
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: 1Lt. John E. Duffy was the pilot of a Cessna O2 aircraft on a
mission over South Vietnam on April 4, 1970. Duffy, who had graduated from the
United States Air Force Academy two years before, had a promising future in the
Air Force as a pilot.
The Cessna O2 had only been used by the Air Force four years. The aircraft had
a greater range that the O1, but, like the Bird Dog, lacked adequate armor for
low target marking runs. The aircraft was used primarily for observation, but
some versions flew psychological warfare mission, urging the Viet Cong to
surrender and encouraging those loyal to the Saigon government.
On Duffy's mission, his plane went down about 15 miles southwest of the city of
Quang Ngai in South Vietnam. He was listed as Missing In Action. No
information of substance has surfaced on Duffy since that day.
Nearly 2500 Americans are missing in Southeast Asia. Some of them were known
to have been prisoners of war. Some, of course, died in plane crashes and from
enemy fire and could not be recovered. Many were in radio contact with search
and rescue teams and in good shape when they reported their imminent capture.
Since the end of the war, thousands of reports have been received that indicate
Americans are still alive in Southeast Asia. One of them could be John Duffy.
Duffy served our nation with pride. He deserves our best efforts to bring him
home.