Name:
Michael C. Naum
Rank:
Major
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Air Force
Date of Death:
1987-04-20
State:
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 65
Row:
Grave:
675
Decoration:
Comments:
Michael C. Naum was born on November 21, 1950. He served in the US Army Air Forces as a Major. On May 27, 1987 together with 1Lt William T. Rogers, their F-4 Phantom jet fighter crashed near a firing range in the northern Spanish province of Navarre. They were both killed in the crash. The embassy said the aircraft was based at the U.S. Air Force base in Spangdahlem, West Germany and had been on a routine training mission when it crashed at 11:50 a.m. 37 miles south of Pamplona near Carcastillo. Spain and the United States share a joint-use air base at Zaragoza, 60 miles southeast of the crash site.
Source of information: apnews.com