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DeLynn E. Anderson
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Rank
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
April 20, 1961
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Lieutenant Colonel Anderson was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of 6146th Air Advisory Group (ROKAF), 5th Air Force. On April 20, 1961, he was flying an unarmed F-86 fighter on a training mission, when he strayed over the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and was attacked by 2 MiGs near Onjin, North Korea. As he tried to land his damaged jet at Yiumann Air Base, it crashed killing him. |
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