The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Frederick Kail
Rank
Ensign, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
August 5, 1950
Ensign Kail was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 113 aboard the carrier USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47). On August 5, 1950, while on a combat mission over North Korea, his aircraft suffered a mid-air collision, crashed and burned 15 miles south of Kunsan, Korea.