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Preston Skinner
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
30 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING
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Date of Death
June 10, 1952
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First Lieutenant Skinner was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On June 10, 1952, after completing a bomb run, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire near a railroad bridge at Kwakson, North Korea, and contact was lost. He was listed as Mission an Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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