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Joseph Stephen Dougherty
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Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
370 BOMB SQ 307 BOMB WING
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Date of Death
October 23, 1951
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Staff Sergeant Dougherty was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Wing. On October 23, 1951, while on a bombing mission, MiGs damaged the aircraft and the crew bailed out in the Chinnampo, North Korea area over the Yellow Sea. 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. |
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