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Hugh Phillip Farler
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Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
December 22, 1951
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Major Farler was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Wing. On June 1, 1951, while bombing a railroad bridge at Kwakson, North Korea, his aircraft was attacked by MiGs setting its wing on fire. He and other crewmen were able to parachute into enemy lines. He was taken Prisoner of War and died while a prisoner on December 22, 1951. |
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