Batcat The United States Air
Force
553rd Reconnaissance Wing
Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base
Movies Clips from
Korat
This
area has home movie clips taken at or around Korat RTAFB, or
while in flight. Movie Area added 08/07/09, Last updated 06/14/21.
Memorial YouTube video honoring the 25 Batcat Fatalities.
Twenty five veterans assigned to the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing, Batcat, at Korat RTAFB died, including
22 fatalities from the two EC-121R aircraft crashes, with 3 other fatalities who died from
various reasons. This Youtube video was created by Mason Ezzell,
who was assigned to the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing as an EC-121R pilot.
Embeded Youtube video added 06/14/21.
Youtube video about the Da Nang Glider, a 553rd Reconnaissance Wing Lockheed EC-121R aircraft which on
a standard combat flight experienced an unique situation in which all four engines shut down in flight.
This Youtube video was created by Mason Ezzell, who
was the pilot flying EC-121R USAF serial number 67-21487 when inflight all four engines shutdown.
Youtube video link added 11/12/19.
IMPORTANT some of
these movie clip files are in MPG format. They are quite large in
size ranging from a little under 10 Mega Bytes, to about 32 Mega
Bytes in size. My tests you really need a high speed
connection. Dial up will take a very long time to download.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
08/29/09, Batcat Jim
Eaton, "jimbosvideojoint" on YouTube,
has converted, and added to YouTube some of these clips,
previously as MPG format!! Because of issues some have
encountered downloading and viewing the movie clips, I'm
hoping Jim Eaton will continue to convert and add these clips to
YouTube. Jim does very fine work. Home 8mm movies were shot at 18
frames per second, while computers display at 30 frames per
second. Jim has converted the first of the movie clips to the 30
FPS rate and it looks good. Hope you will take a look.
Rob Dailey, son of
Major Robert Dailey, provided his father's home movies. Rob
had the 8mm silent movies converted to DVD. I converted the VOB
format of the DVD to MPG, a common PC format. Because of the very
large size of the files, it wasn't practical to upload the
full movies. I edited the movies into movie clips which, even
though large, are practical to download and view. Hope you enjoy,
and our thanks to Rob Dailey for sending these
along.
Life in the 554th Recon
Squadron. This shows many Batcats and scenes from around Korat,
Korat RTAFB from the air, Korat town, in flight views, the Mekong
River. Dedicated to crew 10, 1968. Uploaded to YouTube by
Jim Eaton, "jimbosvideojoint" on YouTube.
If you prefer you can also view Life in the
554th Recon Squadron directly on YouTube. Added 08/29/09,
updated 09/14/09.
Views
around Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base. This is the smallest
movie, and there are only brief views of Korat. You might want to
try this file first to make sure you don't have any problem
downloading and viewing before downloading the larger files. Size
about 7 Meg. My thanks to Rob
Dailey, son of Major Robert R. Dailey, for sending
this movie. Added
08/07/09.
Aircraft at
Korat RTAFB 1970. This video shows the McDonnell F-4E Phantom II
of the 388th TFW, and the Lockheed EC-121R Super Constellation of
the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing. In flight views from the cockpit
of the EC-121R. My thanks to Rob
Dailey, son of Major Robert R. Dailey, for sending
this movie. Added as MPG 08/07/09. My thanks to Jim Eaton,
"jimbosvideojoint" for uploading to
YouTube. You can also view Aircraft of Korat
RTAFB 1970 directly on YouTube. Updated and uploaded again to YouTube
09/16/09.
388 TFW
F-4E views. Look closely you can see the shadow of an EC-121R
tail as the movie shows the F-4E depart. Two views of F-4E's
returning. Size about 13 Meg. My thanks to Rob Dailey, son of Major Robert R.
Dailey, for sending this movie. Added
08/07/09.
EC-121R In
Flight. View from the aircraft commanders side of the cockpit
showing the left wing over clouds, followed by a landing sequence
with gear and flaps down, and finally shots of an EC-121R flying
over low with the flaps down, but gear up. Size about 12 Meg. My
thanks to Rob Dailey,
son of Major Robert R. Dailey, for sending this movie.
Added 08/07/09.
Major Robert Dailey completes
his 100th Batcat Mission. This video shows one way to get cool in
the hot Thailand environment. My thanks to Rob Dailey, son of Major Robert R.
Dailey, for sending this movie. Added as MPG 08/07/09. My thanks
to Jim Eaton,
"jimbosvideojoint" for uploading to
YouTube. You can also view Major Dailey's
100th Mission directly on YouTube. Updated again, and uploaded again to YouTube
09/06/09.
Views of
the Bob Hope Christmas 1968 entertainers arriving. This movie
clip isn't of the actual show, rather scenes of arriving
entertainers. Size about 32 Meg. My thanks to Rob Dailey, son of Major Robert R.
Dailey, for sending this movie. Added
08/07/09.
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