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Bernard Lee Pearson
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB WING
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Date of Death
November 11, 1950
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Captain Pearson was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On November 11, 1950, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy troops 3 miles east of Pukchin, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into a nearby ridge. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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