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Michael Paul Kovalish
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Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
36 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
November 4, 1951
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Second Lieutenant Kovalish was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 36th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter-Bomber Group. On November 4, 1951, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy troops, the aircraft's engine caught fire and the plane crashed into a hill. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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