Korean War Veterans 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing
This list of 18th Wing veterans of the Korean War was compiled from many sources and with the help of many others.
Special thanks is given to the following individuals and organizations without whose help even this incomplete listing would have been impossible: Lt. Col. Duane “Bud” Biteman, founder of the 18th Fighter Wing Association and the first to begin gathering the names of Truckbuster Veterans. Also, Barry Agovino, Lt. Col. Kenneth H. Barber, Ross Bedford, Lt. Col. Grover C. Crocker, Lt. Col. Julian F. Crow, Mary (Frese) DeFranco, David Denfield, Charles R. “Bob” Grissom, George L. Jamison, Col. Edward Mason, Lt. Col. John McCann (Dallas Squadron member), Doris McKelvey, Col. Harry Moreland, Lt. Col. Richard H. Schiebel, Col. Fred L. Thomas, Major Joe Williams, and William J. “Bill” Wirges.
Pilots and Airmen of the 18th Wing killed in combat are listed in italics-bold faced.
If you know of a Korean War Veteran who served with the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing or any of its component squadrons during the Korean War and is not listed below, please feel free to use the contact form above to bring the name to our attention. Please include any supporting information/background that is relevant. We will add the name to the Honor Roll and include your name as the nominee.Korean War Veterans 18th Wing: A ♦ B ♦ C ♦ D ♦ E ♦ F ♦G ♦ H ♦ I ♦ J ♦ K ♦ L ♦ M ♦ N ♦ O ♦ P ♦ Q ♦ R ♦ S ♦ T ♦ U ♦ V ♦ W ♦ X ♦ Y ♦ Z
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Aanes, Edward A.
Abercrombie, Aaron R.
Abernathy, Richard
Abram, J.C.
Abulencia, Don
Adams, Carroll P.
Adams, Michael E.
Adams, Milton B.
Adams, Nathan J.
Adams, Virgil H.
Adelman, Fred J.
Adkisson, Houston T.
Agan, Herbert W.
Agovino, Barry L.
Aguire, Lionel A.
Ainslie, Robert E.
Albarado, Leon J., Jr.
Albright, Ralph W.
Albritton, Raz
Alden, Ike,
Aldrich, George D.
Alexander, Carl E.
Alfarone, Eduardo M.
Alfier, Alexander A.
Alldredge, Gordon D.
Allard, Joseph P.
Allard, Orin T.
Allen, Albert E.
Allen, James E.
Allen, James R.
Allender, E.W.
Alley, Billy B.
Allgood, Vernon L.
Allison, “Red”
Allmon, Dwight
Almeida, Fred
Allston, 2nd Lt. James Hartford - 12th FBS pilot KIA on 16 June 1953. Lt. Allston was Number 2 man on Mission Expire 52, Ford Flight, armed reconnaissance mission in Area 1. He followed the leader in on the dive bomb run during which the target was a truck. The leaded sustained damage on the run and crashed south of the bomb line. Lt. Allston was hit and crashed during the attack. “Lt. Forbes and Lt. Allston were hit while attacking a truck just behind the enemy lines. Lt. Forbes flamed out but was able to glide tono mans land and elected to crash land rather than bail out since he did not want to be capture. He survived the crash with only cuts and bruises and was picked up in a short time by the ROK infantry patrol. Lt. Allston, flying Lt. Forbes wing, evidently was hit on the bomb run also and crashed without pulling out. The other element circled but could find no trace of him.”
Alton, D.
Altvater, Ralph P.
Alvarez, E.S.
Alves, Abel R.
Ambrecht, Louis P.
Ames, Roger J.
Anderson, Charles T.
Anderson, Curtis A.
Anderson, Don
Anderson, Gene A.
Anderson, George B.
Anderson, Hany S.
Anderson, Leonard W.
Anderson, Lynn M.
Anderson, Orin M.
Anderson, R. H.
Anderson, Richard D.
Anderson, R.L.
Anderson, Wayne D.
Anderson, Wayne L.
Andes, Lloyd Andres,
Joseph E. Andrews,
Jay W., Jr. Andrews,
Richard T.
Andrews, William C., Jr.
Andriesse, Arnold N.
Andridge, Major Herbert W. Jr. 67th FBS pilot who, in April 1951, was pulling out of a steep dive from a strafing run when he lost control of the aircraft. His wingman lost sight of his aircraft momentarily and when he saw it next it was burning on a hillside. “Repeated attempts to locate the pilot were to no avail and he is listed as missing in action.”
Andujar, Manual V.
Ankrum, Leo R.
Annandale, J. J. K.
Annett, B. J.
Anwyl, Ray
Armbrecht, Louis P.
Armfield, Albert V.
Armstrong, Bernie H.
Armstrong, Clyde O.
Armstrong, Jacob B.
Armstrong, Ray F.
Arnold, Henry R.
Arnold, Howard B., Jr.
Arnold, J.K.
Arredondo, William
Arthur, Albert L.
Ash, Curtis
Ashworth, Russell
Askounis, Gust
Aspgren, Clarence
Atkinson, Leland R.
Atwood, Howard R.
Aubuchon, Edward W., Jr.
Auebler, T.A.
Augustine, J.H.
Augustine, Richard
Auld, David H., Jr.
Ausman, Harold J.
Capt. Elliott D. Ayer, How Flight leader with 67th FBS, being honored on 9 July 1952 after flying the 45,000th combat mission of the Korean War by the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing in July 1953.
Ayer, Capt. Elliot Dean - Ayer, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, enlisted in the Regular Army on 1 December 1939 and was on duty at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked serving as an aircraft approach controller (CGA). By 3 November 1943, he was a 2nd Lieutenant and a pilot. He served with the Army Air Forces in the Continental United States and in Europe, where he “piloted single engine fighter aircraft to maintain air superiority over the enemy. His European combat service included missions during the Rome Arno, Po Valley, Northern Appennines, Southern France and Italian Campaigns. He was awarded his first DFC in August 1944. On 9 July 1952, a four-ship flight of the 67th FBS “returning from a close support mission landed at K-46 airbase. The fourth airplane of the flight completed the 45,000th effective combat sorties of the 18th Fighter Bomber Group, six days short of two years of combat flying in the Korean conflict. This number of sorties was the greatest among completed by any combat fighter bomber wing in Korea.” Captain Ayer, How Flight Leader, was chosen to fly the 45,000th combat sortie based on his superb combat record and high regard among his fellow pilots. Ayer was KIA 25 July 1952--the last known USAF Mustang pilot to be killed in combat. His remains were not recovered.
Ayers, Fay E.