Clifton Emmet Cushman

Vietnam War
Unit469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromGrand Forks North Dakota
Date of DeathSeptember 25 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Cushman was a member of the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On September 25, 1966, he was the pilot of a Thunderchief Fighter (F-105D) on a bombing mission over Haiphong, North Vietnam, but was downed 45 miles southwest of the harbor. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.