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Robert Francis Phalen
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
93 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING
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Date of Death
October 31, 1952
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First Lieutenant Phalen was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing, based at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa. On October 31, 1952, when his aircraft was returning from a mission over Korea and was about 110 miles from Kadena, it developed engine trouble and crashed into the ocean. Eleven crew members were lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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