The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Roy Gilbert Rydin
Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
35 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
January 10, 1953
Second Lieutenant Rydin was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 35th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On January 10, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit in the cockpit by anti-aircraft fire, and it augured into the ground. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.