Vietnam War
Unit | 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron |
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Rank | Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Hamden Connecticut |
Date of Death | March 24 1966 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Bush was a member of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 24, 1966, he was the pilot of a Thunderchief Fighter (F-105D) on a mission about 5 miles southeast of Quang Khe, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was hit by hostile fire crashed in a river and sank. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on September 26, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.