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Ronald Ross Cree
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB WING
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Date of Death
June 5, 1951
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Captain Cree was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing. On June 5, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed lying upside down in a rice paddy near Chinnampo, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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