The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Clarence A. McGowan
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
12 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB WING
Date of Death
December 23, 1951
First Lieutenant McGowan was the pilot of a RF-51D Mustang fighter bomber with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing. On December 23, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft failed to pull out of a bombing dive crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.