U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus was lost over Vietnam during an armed night reconnaissance mission.

The aircraft U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, Wisconsin, was in went down in September 1967.

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Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane disappeared.

(WLUK) -- The remains of a Wisconsin pilot who was killed during the Vietnam War have been identified. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, was accounted for Dec. 20, 2024.

Federal agencies have finally solved the mystery behind the disappearance of Wisconsin’s Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, an Air Force pilot, after more than 57 years.

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was reported killed in action in April 1978 after going missing in Vietnam in September 1967.

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An Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who was lost in the Vietnam War has been accounted for. Donald Downing was 33 when his plane went down during an armed reconnaissance mission on September 5, 1967. An accompanying aircraft reported a large,

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the remains of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus.

MADISON, Wis. — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting ...

MADISON, Wis. — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting ...