HOSLEY, David L. (Captain)

Call No.: K239.512-026

IRIS No.: 00903758

IRIS Tape No.: 00903759

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 27pp/0:29

Class: U

Date/Location: 27 September 1967/Maxwell AFB AL

Interviewer: Major Harry Shallcross

Sources: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1965-1966) Oral history interview with Captain David Hosley, C-123 navigator with the 311th Air Commando Squadron and later a standardization evaluation navigator in I Corps. Topics included are support to Special Forces and Marines, overwater missions for periodic maintenance, use of navigation aid APN-9, purpose of flare mission, use of T-13 chute method instead of computed air release point, effectiveness of airpower at Tam Ky and A Shau, and recommendation for training C-123 navigators at Hurlburt AFB.