The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph Louis Farber
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
729 BOMB SQ 452 BOMB WING
Date of Death
April 21, 1951
Captain Farber was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the pilot of a B-26C Invader bomber with the 729th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Wing. On April 21, 1951, while on a night intruder mission, a wing fell off the aircraft causing it to crash 4 miles northeast of Wonchang-ni, North Korea. 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.