The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
E. E. Flinkfedt
Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
August 12, 1951
Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Flinkfedt was a crew member of a PB4Y-2S Privateer patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 9 assigned to Naval Air Station Kodiak, Alaska. On August 12, 1951, while on patrol, his aircraft crashed into a hill on Amak Island, Alaska killing 12 men on board.