Spectres Lost in Kenyan Crash

14 MAR 1994
ACFT 576
Jockey 14


On March 14, 1994, an AC-130H Spectre gunship from the 16th Special Operations Squadron crash-landed 200 yards off the Kenyan coast, near the town of Malindi. Eight of the 14 crewmen aboard were killed in the crash.  Jockey 14 was operating in support of ongoing operations in and around Mogadishu, Somalia at the time of the accident.

CAPT DAVID MELHOP (NAV)

CAPT DAVID MELHOP (NAV)

CPT ANTHONY STEFANIK JR (FCO)

CPT ANTHONY STEFANIK JR (FCO)

CPT MARK QUAM (EWO)

CPT MARK QUAM (EWO)

SSGT ROBERT DANIEL (SEN)

SSGT ROBERT DANIEL (SEN)

SSGT WILLIAM EYLER (SEN)

SSGT WILLIAM EYLER (SEN)

MSGT ROY DUNCAN (LOADMASTER)

MSGT ROY DUNCAN (LOADMASTER)

SSGT BRIAN BARNES (AG)

SSGT BRIAN BARNES (AG)

SSGT MIKE MOSER (AG)

SSGT MIKE MOSER (AG)

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