The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Raymond Bird
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
December 16, 1952
Captain Bird was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War, he was a flight instructor at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. On December 16, 1952, while flying in a T-6 training aircraft with a student his aircraft crashed at Rittenhouse Auxiliary Landing Field near Williams Air Force Base.