|
|
|
|
James Lawrence Collins
|
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
7 FTR BOMB SQ 49 FTR BOMB GP
|
|
Date of Death
May 8, 1951
|
|
|
|
First Lieutenant Collins was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 7th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On May 8, 1951, while on a combat mission of bombing Pyongyang Airfield, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the airfield. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
|
|
|
|
