Chadwick Boyd Smith attended Iowa State University in fall 1947-spring 1948, dropping out to enter the military service when the United States entered the Korean War.
1st Lt. Smith was the pilot of an F-86F Sabrejet fighter bomber (# 52-4380) with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, 5th Air Force at Osan-ni AB, South Korea (K-55).
On 15 June 1953, while on a night combat mission, after diving at a target, his aircraft failed to pull up and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 15 June 1954. He is listed as killed in action near Sin Gosan, Korea.
1st Lt. Smith was the pilot of an F-86F Sabrejet fighter bomber (# 52-4380) with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, 5th Air Force at Osan-ni AB, South Korea (K-55).
On 15 June 1953, while on a night combat mission, after diving at a target, his aircraft failed to pull up and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 15 June 1954. He is listed as killed in action near Sin Gosan, Korea.
Chadwick Boyd Smith attended Iowa State University in fall 1947-spring 1948, dropping out to enter the military service when the United States entered the Korean War.
1st Lt. Smith was the pilot of an F-86F Sabrejet fighter bomber (# 52-4380) with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, 5th Air Force at Osan-ni AB, South Korea (K-55).
On 15 June 1953, while on a night combat mission, after diving at a target, his aircraft failed to pull up and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 15 June 1954. He is listed as killed in action near Sin Gosan, Korea.
1st Lt. Smith was the pilot of an F-86F Sabrejet fighter bomber (# 52-4380) with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, 5th Air Force at Osan-ni AB, South Korea (K-55).
On 15 June 1953, while on a night combat mission, after diving at a target, his aircraft failed to pull up and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 15 June 1954. He is listed as killed in action near Sin Gosan, Korea.
Inscription
12TH FTR. BMR. SQ.
5TH U.S. AIR FORCE
KILLED IN ACTION NEAR SIN GOSAN, KOREA
