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Harold Webb Downes
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
8 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB GP
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Date of Death
January 13, 1952
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First Lieutenant Downes was the bombardier of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On January 13, 1952, while on a night interdiction mission over the Anju/Sinaju area of North Korea, his aircraft was shot down. Two of his crew were captured. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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