ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59299
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 March 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American LT-6G Texan |
| Owner/operator: | 6148th TCSqn /6147th TCGp USAF |
| Registration: | 49-3565 |
| MSN: | 168-719 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Korea -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chunchon AFB (K-47) South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
LT-6G 49-3565 (MSN 168-719) Accepted by USAF at Downey, CA November 1951. To Air Materiel Command, Long Beach, CA. To Sacramento Air Materiel Area (SMAAR), McClellan AFB, CA. To San Francisco Port of Embarkation.
To 601st ACR Squadron, 13th Air Materiel Group, Kisarazu AB, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. To 6148th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, Pyeongtaek AB (K-6), South Korea.
Missing during a low level reconnaissance mission over North Korea 11 March 1952 (2 crew posted as Missing In Action).
Crew of LT-6G 49-3565:
Lt. Carl J Evans USAF (Pilot) - killed on active service 11/3/1952
1st Lt. Gerard P Cyr USAF (Observer) - killed on active service 11/3/1952
During the Korean War, 1st Lt. Carl Evans served with the 6148th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group based out of K-47 Ch'unchon Air Base, South Korea.
1st Lt. Gerard Cyr also served with the 6148th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group based out of K-47 Ch'unchon AIr Base, South Korea.
On 12 March 1952, he and 1st Lt. Carl Evans were on a low level reconnaissance mission aboard a LT-6G "Mosquito" (#49-3565). Their aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed.
Both men were listed as MIA, becoming officially KIA (Killed In Action) on 31 December 1953, when their bodies were not repatriated to US custody by North Korea.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
2. https://www.koreanwar.org/html/6710/korean-war-project-connecticut-ao1909968-1lt-gerard-peter-cyr
3. https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=165716
4. https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=165817
5. https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/KoreaAccounting/korwald_acc_DATELOSS_20210129.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2018 14:32 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Country, Phase] |
| 09-Mar-2021 21:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 20:15 | Slizack | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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