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Archie Peyton Trantham
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
13 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB WING
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Date of Death
June 6, 1952
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Captain Trantham was the pilot of a B-26C Invader with the 13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Wing. On June 5, 1952, while on a night intrusion mission, his aircraft departed Kunsan Air Base (K-8), Korea. About midnight an emergency radio call announced his plane was on fire and the crew was bailing out about 15 miles south of Simni-Do Island, North Korea. No trace of the plane nor crew has been found. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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