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May 20, 2017 · In February 1966, during a bombing run near the Laos-Vietnam border, Dieter Dengler’s plane was shot down. He was captured and for 7 days was interrogated by a province chief. At first the...
Born in Germany, Dieter Dengler was a U.S. Naval Aviator who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War. After six months of torture, imprisonment, and 23 days on the run, he became only the second captured US airman to escape during the war.
Dieter Dengler. DATE OF BIRTH: May 22, 1938. PLACE OF BIRTH: Wildberg, Germany. HOME OF RECORD: Hillsborough, California. Dieter Dengler was an American citizen who was born in Germany in...
Apr 7, 2020 · Dark Docs. 1.1M subscribers. Subscribed. 8.3K. 468K views 3 years ago. Subscribe to Dark Docs: https://bitly.com/DarkDocs Captured and at the mercy of an increasingly cruel enemy, German-born US...
Escape from Laos. On February 2nd of 1966, US Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler was flying his first combat mission over North Vietnam from the carrier U.S.S. Ranger. The Ranger and its warplanes, including the Skyraiders of VA-145, had just repositioned from Dixie to Yankee Station following a short workup off the waters of South Vietnam in the ...
Jul 12, 2010 · Bruce Henderson’s Quest to Tell Dieter Dengler’s Life Story. “As I stood there [onboard USS Ranger] clapping and whistling to help welcome back our hero pilot, Dieter Dengler, I was thinking this is like a scene in a Hollywood movie,” Henderson said.
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 – February 7, 2001) was a German-born United States Navy aviator who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War. After six months of imprisonment and torture, and 23 days on the run, he became only the second captured US airman to escape during the war.
