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Fred Franklin Atkinson
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
13 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB WING
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Date of Death
July 14, 1953
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First Lieutenant Atkinson was the navigator of a B-26C Invader with the 13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Wing at Kunsan Air Force Base (K-8), Korea. On July 14, 1953, while on a night intruder mission, contact with the aircraft was lost between Sinanju and Pyongyang, North Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 15, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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