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Richard Edmund Steckel
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Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
Unit
67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
May 15, 1952
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Major Steckel was the pilot of a RF-51D Mustang fighter bomber with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On May 15, 1952, while on a combat mission, as his aircraft made a run on a target it crashed. He was listed as Missing in 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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