|
|
|
|
James Swayne Wilson
|
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
93 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING
|
|
Date of Death
April 12, 1951
|
|
|
|
Captain Wilson was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On April 12, 1951, while on a combat mission, the aircraft was attacked by fifteen to twenty MiGs. It exploded and crashed into a mountain near Sinuiju, North Korea. He remains were recovered on December 8, 1993 and identified in 2000. CAPT Wilson's name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
|
|
|
|
