Mike Tolf
I am sorry, but I do not have Mike's birthdate nor his exact date of death. Nor do I have his obituary.
But I believe Mike was in the USN, and went missing after a sortie from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It would have been between 1978 and 1981.
At that time, I was assigned to the 7th Coast Guard District Operations Center. I became aware of a search for a missing USN aircraft from a carrier. Although I did not know the missing pilot's identity, I offered USCG assistance to the Navy, but they declined my offer. Weeks later, I was on leave visiting my parents in Rolling Meadows when my mother showed me a local newspaper report of Mike's disappearance in an aircraft from the carrier.
But I believe Mike was in the USN, and went missing after a sortie from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It would have been between 1978 and 1981.
At that time, I was assigned to the 7th Coast Guard District Operations Center. I became aware of a search for a missing USN aircraft from a carrier. Although I did not know the missing pilot's identity, I offered USCG assistance to the Navy, but they declined my offer. Weeks later, I was on leave visiting my parents in Rolling Meadows when my mother showed me a local newspaper report of Mike's disappearance in an aircraft from the carrier.