The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Francis Flaherty
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
30 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING
Date of Death
June 10, 1952
Staff Sergeant Flaherty was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On June 10, 1952, after completing a bomb run, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire near a railroad bridge at Kwakson, North Korea, and contact was lost. He was listed as Mission an Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.