Part 50, page 280
Document date 26 August 1992
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 50 p. 280, Airtel, dated 26 Aug 1992 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-50/pages/280
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2. Serial 22 - Teletype from St. Louis. Review of Army records revealed that MCCOY served on active duty U.S. ARMY, 3/31/62 until 1/22/65. On 6/1/65, MCCOY enlisted in the UTAH NATIONAL GUARD. MCCOY enlisted in the regular Army on 1/22/66, and was discharged on 2/13/67 as a Specialist 5th Class. He then accepted a Warrant Officer commission. He was honorably released from active duty as Chief Warrant Officer on 3/11/70. When MCCOY was honorably released as Chief Warrant Officer, he transferred to USAR CONTROL, St. Louis, Missouri. On 6/12/70, he transferred from Army reserve to NATIONAL GUARD OF CALIFORNIA as Chief Warrant Officer. He was transferred on 10/30/70 to UTAH NATIONAL GUARD and assigned to "HHQ, 115 ENGS. GP (ARAV UTAH)" as a rotary wing pilot. In 1971, MCCOY was placed on permanent flying status with the UTAH NATIONAL GUARD. While in the Army, MCCOY received a parachutist badge.
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3. Serial 25 - Teletype from San Francisco. A photograph of MCCOY, along with six other photographs were displayed to [REDACTED] who identified MCCOY as the hijacker of UAL Flight 855.
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4. Serial 32 - Teletype to Salt Lake City Division indicating that the FBI Laboratory identified MCCOY's handwriting on a note utilized by hijacker to instruct flight crew.
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5. Serial 39 - Two latent fingerprints developed on back of "Mainliner" magazine marked "seat 20D" from envelope were identified as fingerprints of RICHARD FLOYD MCCOY, JR.
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6. Serial 94 - On 3/12/72, [REDACTED] advised that Chief Warrant Officer MCCOY was released from regular Army and joined the 115th Engineering Group of the UTAH NATIONAL GUARD in Murray, Utah on 10/30/70. [REDACTED] stated that MCCOY remained in that unit until 1/1/72, at which time he transferred to the 1457th in American Fork. [REDACTED] stated MCCOY was unknown to most members of the unit in so much as he did not attend drills at the guard armory but reported to ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT HEADQUARTERS next to the SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT.
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7. Serial 96 - Memorandum to SAC, Salt Lake City from SA [REDACTED] That document indicates that the FBI Laboratory determined that a note with the hijacker's handwriting, which had been retained by flight attendants, was identical to the handwriting of MCCOY.