The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
R. D. Layton
Rank
Airman, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
April 22, 1951
Airman Layton was a crew member of a PBM-5 Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 892 U.S. Navy. On April 22, 1951, on takeoff from Naval Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, his engine failed and the aircraft cartwheeled of a forced landing in Iwakuni Bay, drowning him.