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Sydney William Weatherford
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Rank
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Unit
311 FTR BOMB SQ 58 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
August 11, 1952
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Lieutenant Colonel Weatherford was the pilot of a F-84D Thunderjet fighter with the 311th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 58th Fighter-Bomber Group. On August 11, 1952, while on a combat mission, as his aircraft pulled out of a dive its wing folded over and the plane 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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