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William Joseph Conlon
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
36 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
August 1, 1952
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Captain Conlon was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On August 1, 1952, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy positions near Inchon, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 15, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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