KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

A1C Daryl Erwin Rodney

28th Bombardment Squadron
Air Force
Hostile, Died While Missing (MIA)
Remains Not Recovered
Aircraft Type: B-29A
Aircraft Number: 44-62011
Date Of Loss: December 30, 1952
Service Number: AF19400458
Born: November 6, 1927
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
San Luis Obispo, California
Location Or Battle Zone: North Korea
Town Or Area: North Of Pyongyang

Comments: Airman First Class Rodney was the right gunner of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On December 30, 1952, after delivering bombs on the enemy near Taesong-Dong, North Korea, the aircraft was attacked by MiG fighters. The crew was ordered to bail out about 25 miles north of Pyongyang. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. He was known as "Rod." Graduated High School, San Luis Obispo, California, 1945.

Final Disposition Date: December 31, 1953
Korean War Project Key No: 25464

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