Lewis W. Shattuck

Lewis Shattuck enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on October 17, 1952, and served in an enlisted status while waiting for a class assignment for the Aviation Cadet Program at Craig AFB, Alabama, from October 1952 to October 1953. Lew entered the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Air Force in October 1953, and was commissioned a 2d Lt and awarded his pilot wings on October 13, 1954. After completing F-86D Sabre interceptor training at Perrin AFB, Texas, in June 1955, Lieutenant Shattuck then served as an F-86D pilot with the 40th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Yokota AB, Japan, from June 1955 to August 1957, followed by service with the 1737th Ferry Squadron at Dover AFB, Delaware, from August 1957 to February 1958. He served as an F-100 Super Sabre pilot with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Turner AFB, Georgia, from February 1958 to February 1959, and then as an F-100 and then F-105 Thunderchief pilot with the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, from February 1959 to November 1961. Captain Shattuck next served as an F-105 pilot with the 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson from December 1961 to January 1962, followed by service as an F-105 pilot with the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson from January 1962 to May 1963. He served as an F-105 pilot with the 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bitburg AB, West Germany, from May 1963 to March 1966, and then as an F-105 pilot with the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, from March 1966 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on July 11, 1966.