Alan L. Brunstrom

Alan Brunstrom enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on June 8, 1948, was trained as an aircraft engine mechanic, and served during the last days of the Berlin Airlift. Commissioned a 2d Lt in the U.S. Air Force and awarded his pilot wings on November 2, 1953. Lieutenant Brunstrom served as a C-119 Flying Boxcar pilot for the Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team at Nellis AFB, Nevada, followed by service on the staff of the 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing at Nellis . He was as a Weapons Controller with the Seattle Air Defense Sector at McChord AFB, Washington and then Asoiwayama AS, Japan. Captain Brunstrom served with the 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York, followed by service as an RF-101 Voodoo pilot with the 29th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. Major Brunstrom served as an RF-101 pilot with the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam, and later from Udorn Royal Thai AFB, Thailand until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on April 22, 1966.