LUSK WALTER T

CPT Walter T. Lusk was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 05/06/1981 at the age of 34.4
Flight Class 72-10AF
Date of Birth 12/27/1946
Served in the U.S. Air Force
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More detail on this person: Walter T Lusk Captain Lusk was a pilot aboard U.S. Air Force EC-135N Looking Glass, s/n 61-0328, operating on a routine training mission out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Approximately 45 minutes into the flight, at 29,000 feet, the jet (a military version of a Boeing 707 airliner), for undetermined reasons, the aircraft's pitch trim moved to the full nose-down position. The sudden loss of pitch control caused catstrophic negative "G" forces and the breakup in flight, resulting in an explosion and crash one mile north of the community of Walkersville, Maryland. All 17 crewmembers and 4 passengers onboard perished.

Burial information: Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS

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Date posted on this site: 01/11/2025