[Magnum44]

I appreciate your explaination. Since I was there, I am still wondering why you dispute the fact that Sipke was shot down on night 1 while Wetzel and Zaun were shot down on night 2?

[Bkauthor]

Having the facts from Wetzel himself--and the Gulf War POWs official web site, maintained by Larry Slade, plus the documentation and deck logs off the key ships in the Gulf that night, it's pretty clear when they took off and when they were lost. That's why I posted the Wetzel/Zaun details off the 5th Allied POW web site.