Timothy Bernard Sullivan

  Returnee    

SUMMARY

Name: Timothy Bernard Sullivan Rank/Branch: O2/US Navy Unit: VF 151 Home City of Record: Springfield MA Date of Loss: 14 November 1967 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 204200 North 1062700 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4B Missions: 50+ Other Personnel in Incident: Paul Schultz (Returnee)

SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS: Sullivan was assigned to Fighter Squadron 151, flying F-4B Phantoms aboard the USS Coral Sea.  In November, 1967, he and pilot Paul Schultz were shot down over North Vietnam fifteen miles from Haiphong by a SAM.  Both crewmen were captured - and began their long and difficult term of over five years as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. Timothy Sullivan retired from the United States Navy as a Commander. He and his wife Stephanie Sullivan reside in Massachusetts.