The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Theron H. Whitneybell
Rank
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
November 13, 1950
Colonel Whitneybell was the pilot of a T-33A Shooting Star fighter with the Headquarters Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On November 13, 1950, while returning from a combat mission, the aircraft's fuel exhausted and the plane crashed on the east bank of the Han River, 29 miles northwest of Kimpo Airfield (K-14).