The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Eugene Gilbert Aldridge
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
335 FTR INTCP SQ 4 FTR INTCP GP
Date of Death
July 11, 1953
First Lieutenant Aldridge was the pilot of a F-86E Sabre Jet fighter bomber with the 335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Group. On July 11, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft collided with another F-86, disintegrated and burned. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 12, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.