The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph Sheldon Long
Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
Unit
90 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB WING
Date of Death
April 7, 1952
Major Long was a senior pilot of a B-26C Invader bomber with the 90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Wing. On April 7, 1952, while on a night intruder mission on the railyard southeast Yongyu, contact with the aircraft was lost between Pyongyang and Sinanju. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.