The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Hidemaro Saito Ishida
Rank
Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force
Unit
28 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB GP
Date of Death
January 29, 1953
Airman First Class Ishida was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On January 29, 1953, the aircraft was shot down by MiGs eleven miles south of Pyongyang at Pae-san Peak, North Korea. He was taken Prisoner of War and presumable died as a prisoner on January 30, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.