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Donald Richard Torstad
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
25 FTR INTCP SQ 51 FRT INTCP GP
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Date of Death
May 23, 1951
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First Lieutenant Torstad was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group. On May 23, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded near Mundung-ni, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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