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Steve Joseph Festini
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
8 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB GP
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Date of Death
May 21, 1951
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Captain Festini was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On May 21, 1951, while on a day interdiction of the enemy, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed 30 miles northwest of the bomb line along Route 4, Kumchon to Sibyon, South Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on January 31, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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