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Donald Stainthorpe Sirman
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
35 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
June 14, 1951
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Captain Sirman was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 35th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On July 7, 1950, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire. He survived the crash and was taken Prisoner of War, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and was killed by a guard at An-Dong, North Korea on June 14, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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