Date:14-SEP-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 Shooting Star

Owner/operator:USAFRegistration:49-1815C/n / msn: Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1Other fatalities:0Airplane damage:Written off (damaged beyond repair)Location:-Phase: Nature:MilitaryDeparture airport: Destination airport:

Narrative:

Attached to 49th Ftr-Bmbr Gp. Combat mission, lost over target - Tabu-dong, Korea.

Sources:

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

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=83844

First Lieutenant May was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 8th Fighter Bomber

Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On September 14, 1950, while on a combat mission over Tabu-dong,

Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames. ** First Lieutenant

May was awarded 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_20602#.U30s4SgbFVU

May, Irvin Warren, 1st Lt