Fallen Fiends


Below are the names of 36th FBS pilots who were listed as KIA or MIA during the Korean War. They are listed in alphabetical order. Source: KORWALD (see Links for more details).


Name

Aircraft

Date of Loss

1st Lt. James J. Anderle

F-51D

September 2, 1950

1st Lt. Frank D. Bay

F-80C

May 10, 1951

1st Lt. Charles H. Blomberg

F-80C

July 7, 1951

1st Lt. Cecil H. Clyott, Jr.

F-80C

September 1, 1952

Capt. William J. Conlon

F-80C

August 1, 1952

1st Lt. Robert M. Crosley

F-80C

February 5, 1953

1st Lt. Rafael DuBreuil

F-80C

November 27, 1951

1st Lt. Vincent J. Di Palermo

F-80C

January 26, 1952

2nd Lt. Jimmy L. Escalle

F-86F

June 19, 1953

1st Lt. John J. Flournoy

F-80C

July 1, 1951

1st Lt. Heath T. Glass, Jr.

F-80C

January 3, 1953

1st Lt. Edgar B. Gray

F-80C

December 14, 1951

2nd Lt. Thomas E. Hadley, II

F-80C

November 9, 1951

1st Lt. Lewis G. Haefale

F-80C

May 12, 1951

1st Lt. Robert A. Hallman

F-80C

January 26, 1953

*1st Lt. Albert V. Hodges

F-86F

June 19, 1953

1st Lt. Eugene R. Hansen

F-80C

July 7, 1950

1st Lt. Arthur E. Hutchinson

F-80C

January 29, 1951

Capt. Arthur J. Johnson

F-80C

June 28, 1951

2nd Lt. Michael P. Kovalish

F-80C

November 4, 1951

1st Lt. Howard J. Landry

F-80C

March 17, 1951

Maj. Richard A. McNees

F-80C

July 18, 1950

2nd Lt. Cecil R. Mohr, Jr.

F-80C

July 11, 1951

*1st Lt. Henry L. Nielsen

F-80C

August 10, 1951

Capt. Howard E. Odell

F-80C

July 19, 1950

Capt. Carl H. Oelschig, Jr.

F-80C

May 14, 1951

1st Lt. William A. Pugh

F-80C

September 23, 1951

1st Lt. Regis A. Sellers

F-80C

December 18, 1951

Capt. Clarence V. Slack, Jr.

F-80C

March 14, 1951

Capt. Thomas A. Symington

F-80C

February 13, 1951

Capt. James L. Treester

F-80C

October 11, 1951

Maj. John F. Tulloch, Jr.

F-80C

January 11, 1952

1st Lt. Jerome A. Volk

F-80C

November 7, 1951

Capt. Carl L. Washburn, Jr.

F-80C

June 1, 1952

1st Lt. Harold D. Webster, Jr.

F-51D

September 14, 1950

1st Lt. Will C. White

F-80C

June 29, 1951

1st Lt. Robert R. Williams

F-51D

December 9, 1950

2nd Lt. Bruce S. Wilson

F-80C

August 18, 1951

*1st Lt. John W. Zwiacher

F-80C

April 30, 1952

* This pilot became a POW and was repatriated during Operation Big Switch.

The following 36th FBS pilots did not die in combat, but they still deserve special recognition. They were passengers aboard a C-124 Globemaster when it crashed at Tachikawa, Japan on June 18, 1953.


1st Lt. Albert R. Hamilton, Jr.

2nd Lt. Raoul P. Mouton, Jr.

2nd Lt. William P. Stacy

 

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