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Donald Arthur Schwartz
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Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
8 FTR BOMB SQ 49 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
July 7, 1950
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Second Lieutenant Schwartz was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On July 7, 1950, while on a combat mission, his engine flamed out and the aircraft crashed in the Kikyo Straits 10 miles north of Ashiya Air Base. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on June 18, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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