The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Cecil William Brandsted
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
730 BOMB SQ 452 BOMB WING
Date of Death
March 22, 1952
Captain Brandsted was the navigator of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 730th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Wing. On March 22, 1952, while on an armed reconnaissance near Kangdong, North Korea, contact was lost with the aircraft. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.