QU-22 Aircraft used by the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing
                   Larry Westin - June 7, 1999
                     Rev E - Updated 10/12/04

                      Pave Eagle I - YQU-22A
       Assigned to Detachment 1, 553rd Reconnaissance Wing
                   based at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB
 The YQU-22A is a modified Beech E-33 Debonair, Beech model 1074

 Beech     USAF     Fate
  c/n       S/n
CED-1     68-10531  Engine failure, crashed, combat mission June
                    11, 1969, pilot Maj. Edward Schroeder bailed
                    out Successfully and was rescued, aircraft
                    destroyed on impact.  Later USAF strike
                    aircraft fired on the aircraft to make
                    certain no electronics could be removed for
                    inspection by the enemy.
CED-2     68-10532  Crashed on a navigation flight August 21,
                    1969.  The civilian pilot, Mr. Raymond F.
                    Fugit, employed by Univac, was killed.  Cause
                    listed as engine failure.
CED-3     68-10533  Returning from combat mission, landing gear
                    collapsed April 8, 1969, pilot Capt. Gary Van
                    de Putte, suffered no injuries.  Returned to
                    the U.S., sold to private owner as N52242,
                    currently on the U.S. civil register.
CED-4     68-10534  Returned to the U.S., sold to private owner
                    as N83475, currently on the U.S. civil
                    register.
CED-5     68-10535  Returned to the U.S. sold to private owner as
                    N90524, currently on the U.S. civil register.
CED-6     68-10536  Built by Beech, remained in the U.S., was not
                    assigned to Detachment 1, 553rd
                    Reconnaissance Wing.  Sold to a private owner
                    as N94499, currently on the U.S. civil
                    register.


                      Pave Eagle II - QU-22B
    Assigned to Detachment 1 of the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing
                   based at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB
   The QU-22B is a modified Beech A36 Bonanza, Beech model 1079

Note - in some cases the Federal Aviation Administration has
listed the type of aircraft as the QU-22B, in others it is a type
1079, and in yet others the airplane is listed as a Beech A36.  

 Beech     USAF     Fate
  c/n       S/n
EB-1      69-7693   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N75210.
EB-2      69-7694   Jack Halliet reports this airplane may Have
                    Been Used by the US Border Patrol.
EB-3      69-7695   At one point on the U.S. civil register as
                    N90638, no longer on the U.S. civil register.
EB-4      69-7696   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N40CA.
EB-5      69-7697   Combat Loss 8 Jun 72, Engine Failure, pilot
                    survived
EB-6      69-7698   Not used in SEA, currently on the U.S. civil
                    register at N74TA.
EB-7      69-7699   At one point on the U.S. civil register as
                    N90637, now displayed at the USAF Air Museum
                    as 69-7699. 
EB-8      69-7700   Combat Loss April 4, 1972, Engine Failure,
                    pilot survived.
EB-9      69-7701   At one point on the U.S. civil register as
                    N73TA, no longer on the U.S. civil register.
EB-10     69-7702   Not used in SEA, currently on the U.S. civil
                    register as N49893.
EB-11     69-7703   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N64285.
EB-12     69-7704   Not used in SEA, currently on the U.S. civil
                    register as N75208.
EB-13     69-7706   Combat Loss 8 Feb 71, Engine Failure, pilot,
                    Maj Lenox Lee Ratcliff, killed.
EB-14     70-1535   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N22QU.
EB-15     70-1536   Not used in SEA, at one time it was on the
                    U.S. civil register as N49248.
EB-16     70-1537   At one point on the U.S. civil register as
                    N64883, no longer on the U.S. civil register.
EB-17     70-1538   At one point on the U.S. civil register as
                    N64884, no longer on the U.S. civil register,
                    believed the aircraft was destroyed.
EB-18     70-1539   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N64885.
EB-19     70-1540   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N267HT (A36).
EB-20     70-1541   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N62247 (1079). 
EB-21     70-1542   At one point on the U.S. civil register as
                    N75209, no longer on the U.S. civil register.
EB-22     70-1543   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N57939 (QU-22B).
EB-23     70-1544   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N18834 (1079).
EB-24     70-1545   Currently on the U.S. civil register as
                    N57895 (QU-22B).
EB-25     70-1546   70-1546  / EB-25 / Combat Loss 25 Aug 72,
                    Engine Failure, pilot 1Lt Lanny Allen York,
                    killed.
EB-26     70-1547   Combat Loss August 19, 1972, Turbulence,
                    pilot survived
EB-27     70-1548   Combat Loss April 22, 1972, Control Failure,
                    pilot survived. Last QU-22B built