The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Martin Jerome McNamara
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
729 BOMB SQ 452 BOMB WING
Date of Death
December 29, 1950
Captain McNamara was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 729th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Wing. On December 29, 1950, while on a night intruder mission over Sunchon Air Base, North Korea, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burned. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 17, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.