The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Richard Foster
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
28 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB GP
Date of Death
December 30, 1952
First Lieutenant Foster was a crew member on a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On December 30, 1952, after delivering bombs on the enemy near Taesong-Dong, North Korea, the aircraft was attacked by MiG fighters, and the crew was ordered to bail out about 25 miles north of Pyongyang. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.