SAC Miami to SAC Pittsburgh re John Fabian Berg, Eastern Air Lines background
Document date 15 February 1977
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-122:006-007 Document: Airtel SAC Miami to SAC Pittsburgh re John Fabian Berg, Eastern Air Lines background Id: Cooper-Part-122:006-007 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-122%3A006-007 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 122 pp. 6–7 (DB Cooper-56025–56026), Airtel, dated 15 Feb 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-122%3A006-007
2/15/77
AIRTEL
[handwritten annotation, illegible: "Sw [guess: 170]"]
TO: SAC, PITTSBURGH (164-93)
FROM: SAC, MIAMI (164-552)(RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
(OO: SEATTLE)
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Enclosed for Pittsburgh and Seattle are two copies each of photographs of JOHN FABIAN BERG.
On 2/8/77, [redacted], Eastern Airlines, Miami International Airport, advised that JOHN FABIAN BERG retired as a Captain from Eastern Airlines on 7/1/76. Her records further reflected that this was a disability retirement. BERG entered on duty with Eastern on 4/8/63. He was based at JFK Airport, New York, when he retired. His Social Security Number was 015-26-6566.
[redacted], Eastern Airlines, produced a photograph of JOHN FABIAN BERG, which he said is approximately four years old.
[redacted], Eastern Airlines, located a card reflecting the following information:
JOHN FABIAN BERG was hired as a pilot by Eastern Airlines in 1963. He attended Middlebury College, Boston, Massachusetts from 1952 to 1954 but did not graduate. He attended a U.S. Navy flight school, location not shown, from 1954 to 1956 and graduated.
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2 - Pittsburgh (Enc. [illegible]) 2 - Seattle (Enc. 2) [handwritten: rec'd RX-] 1 - Miami NEB:kwc (5)
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[handwritten, illegible] 164-81-[illegible]-[illegible] [date stamp, partially legible]: FEB 22 1977 DB COOPER-56025
LMI 164-552
He earned the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy.
He was employed from December, 1953 to March, 1962 by Northwest Orient Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota. From March, 1962 until January, 1963 he was employed by Air America, in Formosa. He was unemployed from January, 1963 until he began his employment with Eastern Airlines in 1964.
BERG was described as 6'2", 180 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, service number 606820. He claimed to have an honorable discharge from the Navy.
[REDACTED] advised that there are no records maintained by Eastern which would determine if BERG was working or off duty on 11/24/71. She further advised that there is no record maintained by Eastern which shows what type of equipment BERG was flying.
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b6 b7C
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2
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DB COOPER-56026
Serials: MM 164-552, PG 164-93, SE 164-81