Thorsness

Just 11 days later, on their second mission of the day -- their 88th over North Vietnam -- Lt.Col. Thorsness and "backseater" Johnson were attacked by an enemy MiG fighter, which scored a direct hit on their plane with a air-to-air missile.

From Combat to Captivity C. Wyly Watson 2008

When Lt.Col. Thorsness was eventually put into one cell with a large group of fellow airmen, he and his fellow POWs began holding rudimentary classes, church services and even pre - commissioning training for the three Air Force enlisted men who were in the group.

From Combat to Captivity C. Wyly Watson 2008

During much of his first three years in captivity Lt.Col. Thorsness was in solitary confinement or in a cell with one or two other prisoners.

From Combat to Captivity C. Wyly Watson 2008

That was to be quite a day for all as Leo Thorsness was going into surgery, their daughter was flying home and Gaylee Thorsness was to be in the wedding.

Johnson, Kenneth 1977

Lt.Col. Leo Thorsness and his wife Gaylee were also at Scott.

Johnson, Kenneth 1977

Thorsness declares: X: Major Thorsness, would you have installed nuclear warheads on your rockets, if you had been ordered to do so?

Pilots in Pajamas - Part 10 1967

Close-up as Major Duart and Thorsness photos of admitted to us without blinking an eye.

Pilots in Pajamas - Part 10 1967

Thorsness: We saw, ah, we went to the standard tourist attractions, ah, Kaiser-Wilhelm Church, the new church, the old church and had some very good food, ah, and visited East

Pilots in Pajamas - Part 10 1967

Thorsness: I was a pilot there also just as, it was an air base, and I was a pilot, the same as I was when I was captured, the pilot of a 105, sir.

Pilots in Pajamas - Part 10 1967

Photos of Thorsness, Voice of Gaylee, speaking personally, lines of letter Thorsness you may be able to get an jump forward appointment to see either

Pilots in Pajamas - Part 10 1967