The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Elmer Tee Biggs
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
Date of Death
March 31, 1954
Captain Biggs was the pilot of a AT-6D Mosquito observation aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Air Control Group. On January 3, 1952, while flying an air-ground control mission, his aircraft was hit by ground fire, exploded, crashed and burned. He was taken Prisoner of War and died while a prisoner on March 31, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.