KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

MAJ Charles Joseph Loring Jr

Medal Of Honor
80th Fighter Bomber Squadron
Air Force
Hostile, Died While Missing (MIA)
Remains Not Recovered
Aircraft Type: F-80C
Aircraft Number: 49-1830
Date Of Loss: November 22, 1952
Service Number: 13008A
Born: October 2, 1918
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Portland, Maine
Location Or Battle Zone: North Korea
Town Or Area: Sniper Ridge
Burial Location
Arlington National Cemetery - Memorial

Comments: Major Loring was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On November 22, 1952, he was leading a flight of four F-80 jets on a close support mission near Sniper Ridge, North Korea. As he was attacking his target, his aircraft was hit and disabled, he deliberately guided his plane to the target without regard for his own life. Major Loring is remembered with two cenotaph markers, one at Arlington National Cemetery and the other at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland, Maine

Final Disposition Date: November 19, 1953
Korean War Project Key No: 17839

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