KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

ENS Evan Charles Harris

Distinguished Flying Cross
VA-195 Attack Squadron
Navy
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Remains Not Recovered
Aircraft Type: AD-4
Aircraft Number: 123927
Date Of Loss: January 28, 1951
Service Number: 506994
Born: February 12, 1928
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Chadwick, Illinois
Location Or Battle Zone: North Korea
Town Or Area: Sinpo

Comments: Ensign Harris was the pilot of an AD-4 Skyraider dive bomber with Attack Squadron 195 aboard the carrier USS PRINCETON (CV-37). On January 28, 1951, while making rocket passes, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the water off Sinpo, North Korea. His remains were not recovered.

DPAA: Ensign Evan Charles Harris entered the U.S. Navy from Illinois and was a member of Attack Squadron 195. On January 28, 1951, he piloted an AD-4 Skyraider (bureau number 123927) that took off from the USS Princeton (CV-37) on a combat mission against enemy targets over North Korea. While making rocket passes, his aircraft was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the water off Sinpo. While the aircraft sank immediately, a body was seen floating face-down in the immediate vicinity of the crash, but enemy fire prevented the recovery before it also sank. ENS Harris was not seen again and is still unaccounted-for.

Husband of Mrs. Harriet Ann Harris of Chadwick, Illinois.

Korean War Project Key No: 12339

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