The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
E. H. Radtke
Rank
Airman, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
November 27, 1951
Airman Radtke was a crew member of a PBM-5 Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 731, based at San Diego, California. On November 27, 1951, while on a training flight, the aircraft spun in seven miles off San Diego coast, killing 11 crewmen.