Background
He was born in Syracuse, New York, one of five children of General Joseph Stilwell.
lieutenant navigator army general Infantry
He was born in Syracuse, New York, one of five children of General Joseph Stilwell.
He attended West Point class of 1933.
He served as a Lieutenant with the 15th Infantry Regiment (United States) in China in 1937. He served as commander of United States Army Support Group, Vietnam (renamed United States Army Support Command, Vietnam from 1 March 1964) from 26 August 1962 until 30 June 1964. Harold Fossum was the navigator.
The C-47 was to continue on to Thailand.
However, Stilwell was only intending to travel as far as Hawaii to increase his instrument rating qualification. The Coast Guard, United States Air Force and United States Navy (including 3 Destroyers and the United States Ship Yorktown (CV-10)) searched an area of 105,000 square miles without finding any trace of the aircraft.