Date:19-JUL-1950Time: Type: Silhouette image of generic f80 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different

Silhouette image of generic f80 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different

Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star

Owner/operator:USAFRegistration:49-698C/n / msn: Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1Other fatalities:0Airplane damage:Written off (damaged beyond repair)Location:1 mi West of Taejon Airfield -

South KoreaPhase: Nature:MilitaryDeparture airport: Destination airport:

Narrative:

Attached to 8th Ftr-Bmbr Gp. Damaged by YaK-9 fighters, crashed 1 mi W of Taejon airfield (South Korea).

Sources:

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1949.html

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=83738

Captain O'Dell was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 36th Fighter-Bomber

Squadron, 8th Fighter-Bomber Group. On July 19, 1950, while on a combat mission, his aircraft was attacked

by YaK-9 fighters and crashed one mile west of Taejon Airfield, South Korea. He was listed as Missing in

Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed

on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. ** Captain O'Dell was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak

Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National

Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_23805#.U3fcYCgbFVU

O'Dell, Howard Elliott, Capt