1952 #onthisday the only son of @EighthArmyKorea CDR Gen James Van Fleet, @usairforce Capt. James Van Fleet Jr's aircraft went missing. Believed shot down over enemy territory, he was never seen again. His father continuing to serve after receiving the tragic news. #koreanwarpic.twitter.com/CRIZaoVB4F
— United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사 (@UN_Command) April 4, 2023
What was hecflying, where, and how many remains have been recovered from that general area?
setnaffa
1 year ago
Ah! Found it!
USMA Class of 1948, Captain Van Fleet was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On April 4, 1952, while on a night intruder mission, his aircraft crashed near Haeju, North Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on March 31, 1954.
The Douglas B-26B Invader was not the old WW2 Martin B-26 Marauder, it was what they called the Douglas A-26 between 1948 and 1965. The B variant had a solid nose with either 6 or 8 .50cal machine guns.
During the Korean War, B-26s were credited with the destruction of 38,500 vehicles, 406 locomotives, 3,700 railway trucks, and seven enemy aircraft on the ground.
What was hecflying, where, and how many remains have been recovered from that general area?
Ah! Found it!
USMA Class of 1948, Captain Van Fleet was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On April 4, 1952, while on a night intruder mission, his aircraft crashed near Haeju, North Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on March 31, 1954.
The Douglas B-26B Invader was not the old WW2 Martin B-26 Marauder, it was what they called the Douglas A-26 between 1948 and 1965. The B variant had a solid nose with either 6 or 8 .50cal machine guns.
During the Korean War, B-26s were credited with the destruction of 38,500 vehicles, 406 locomotives, 3,700 railway trucks, and seven enemy aircraft on the ground.
This article was interesting: https://napoleon130.tripod.com/id687.html
The squadron patch reflected the sardonic humor men at war develop.
That city in North Korea has an interesting history, too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haeju