The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Franklin Thompson
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
June 11, 1951
Captain Thompson was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On June 11, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft crashed 8 miles northwest of Kaesong (Two miles south of Choun-ni, South Korea). His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.