GUS J. BARANSKY, Lieutenant, SAAFKilled in Action, Korea, 20 April 1952 |
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GUS J. BARANSKY, Lieutenant, SAAFKilled in Action, Korea, 20 April 1952 |
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Lt. Gus Baransky was a member of the Rescue Flight on standby over Cho-Do
Island, led by 1st Lt. Stapley, of the USAF's 67th Squadron. They were
On the following day, 2 Squadron flew 15 rescue patrol sorties, out of a total of 18 sorties flown for the day. The first sortie effected the helicopter rescue of the USAF pilot whom Gus Baransky had been protecting when he was lost. |
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supplying combat air patrols (CAP) for two pilots who had baled out. One
of the pilots requested Stapley to move further South to avoid drawing
attention to him. As he was heading South the second pilot baled out, and
they also 'capped' his position. Shortly thereafter a call came over that
a third pilot had gone in, and on looking for his No. 3 man, Lt. Baransky,
he found that he was missing. Stapley found a fire in the vicinity of where
Gus Baransky had been circling, and not wanting to lose sight of the earlier
pilot they were 'capping', he went down to inspect the fire and found no
sign of life, nor did he observe a parachute. They circled the area and
were unable to find any sign of Lieutenant Baransky.