Edit: Gulf War A-10 790248</b>

Edit: Gulf War A-10 790248

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MDS

A-10A

Model Year

1979

Serial No.

790248

Prod No.

598

Unit Assigned

Unit Name

Home Wing

Deployment Wing

Tail Code

Home Base

Combat Base

Battle Damaged

Damage

Hit By

Date Hit 1st Time

Date Hit 2nd Time

Date Hit 3rd Time

Shot Down

Shotdown By

Crash

Crash Location

Fate Date

Pilot

Ejected

Eject Survived

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Shot down, Destroyed, 02/02/91 Cpt Dale Storr POWPilot SurvivedHit by either &#39;optical AAA&#39; ground fire or SAM 20, unconfirmed which it was, NM SW of Kuwait City, Kuwait. Pilot Capt Richard Dale Storr successfully ejected, was captured, made a POW and released Mar 6, 1991.<div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);">Capt Dale Storr, 76th TFS Vanguard shot down and his aircraft 80-0248 destroyed after being hit by SA-16 SAM. He is flying his second combat sortie of the day. He drops his bombs then makes a strafing run on a truck target, missing the first time, so he and his wingman make a second run from a different angle. As he is pulling off target, his wingman reports “good hits, good secondaries.” At that moment, Capt. Storr feels his plane shudder from an apparent SA-16 missile hit. His engines and hydraulic pressure are fine but the A-10 is slowly rolling to the right and Capt. Storr can&#39;t control it. The hit has destroyed flight control lines and the plane continues in a slow barrel roll toward the ground. Capt. Storr attempts to contact his wingman but his radio antenna has been knocked out. Seconds from impact he ejects less than 5 miles behind enemy lines. Because he ejects so late his wingman doesn&#39;t see his parachute open and assumes he crashed with his aircraft. Search and rescue operation finds nothing. It&#39;s assumed Capt. Storr is dead, but instead Dale spends 33 days being badly treated as a POW.&nbsp; He is released by the Iraqis on 6 March.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><br></span></div>

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