LORCH, Kendall G (Major) Call No.: K239.0512-355 IRIS No.: 01001218, 01010718, C.2 IRIS Tape No.: 010000294 Accessibility: OPEN Pages/Time: 28 pp/0:48 Class: U Date/Location: 28 August 1970/Andrews AFB MD Interviewers: Lt. Colonel Ray L. Bowers Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection Topics: (1963) Oral history interview with Major Kendall Lorch, member of the "Dirty Thirty", a group of USAF C-47 pilots flying as copilots with the South Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) air transport group. Interview focuses on problems of crew coordination and communication; techniques of flare, airdrop and instrument flying; friction between the nationalities; capabilities of VNAF at this time and finally events leading to the overthrow of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem from Lorch's viewpoint.