Vietnam War pilot's remains flown home to Texas by his son, a Southwest pilot, landing at the same airfield where the son said goodbye to his father more than 50 years ago.
The remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot who died while serving in the Vietnam War were personally flown home by the man's son — 52 years after the two saw each other for the last time.
His remains landed at Dallas Love Field Airport on Thursday afternoon, the same airfield where he said goodbye to his 5-year-old son Bryan more than 50 years ago.Air Force Col. Roy A. Knight, Jr., 36, of Millsap, Texas, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for June 4, 2019.Knight enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1948, just after his 17th birthday, following in the footsteps of his five older brothers,.
On his mission in Laos, Knight was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The plane burst into flames and U.S. authorities were unable to retrieve it in the hostile territory,The site of Knight's crash was first excavated in 1994 and revisited several time over the years. Human remains were found in January and February this year while a joint U.S./Lao People’s Democratic Republic team were working on the area.
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