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Harry Richard Painter
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
35 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
December 9, 1952
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First Lieutenant Painter was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 35th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On December 9, 1952, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed into the Han River. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 10, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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