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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Mark T. Baugh

Bill Baugh is a native of Piqua, Ohio. In 1956 he graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with an Air Force ROTC commission as a second lieutenant. After completing Pilot Training in 1958, he was assigned to the 465th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Griffiss AFB, Rome, N.Y. where he flew F-89's & F-101-B's. Then he was off to the 92nd TFS, RAF Bentwaters England, where he flew FlOl-A's & C's and then the F4-C. Sept 1966 he was assigned to the 480th TFS Danang AFB, South Vietnam. He was shot down and captured and spent the next six years and six weeks as a POW in North Vietnam. He repatriated on the 4th of March 1973. Grounded due to injuries sustained during bailout in Vietnam, Bill attended Air War College at Maxwell AFB, then was assigned to NORAD Headquarters, Colorado Springs, Colorado as a Personnel Officer and then as Director of Protocol for CINC NORAD. He finished his Air Force carreer as Director of Personnel at the Wing at Peterson AFB. Bill retired from the Air Force in May 1981 with the rank of Colonel.
Colonel Baugh is a Command Pilot, with over 2500 hours of fighter pilot flying time. His military decorations include the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, POW Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with Cluster.