Gulf War History of A-10 790248
A-10A
1979
790248
598
76 TFS
23 TFW
354 TFW (Provisional)
Vanguards
EL
England AFB LA
King Fahd IAP Saudi Arabia
Fatal
AAA ground fire or SAM 20
02/02/1991
AAA ground fire or SAM 20
NM SW of Kuwait City, Kuwait
02/02/1991
Capt Richard Dale Storr (POW and released Mar 6, 1991)
Shot down, Destroyed, 02/02/91 Cpt Dale Storr POWPilot SurvivedHit by either 'optical AAA' 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.

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'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't see his parachute open and assumes he crashed with his aircraft. Search and rescue operation finds nothing. It's assumed Capt. Storr is dead, but instead Dale spends 33 days being badly treated as a POW.  He is released by the Iraqis on 6 March.
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