Andridge, Herbert Wendell, Jr., Maj

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1951-1951, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group

Service Years
1941 - 1951

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Michigan

Year of Birth
1915

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Casualty Info

Home Town Pittsford, MI	Last Address Pusan West Airfield, South Korea

Casualty Date Apr 10, 1951
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	2014, Korean War Fallen

Photo Album (More...)

Service Photo

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments/ Advancement Schools


	1951-1951, 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
	1951-1951, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1950-1951 Korean War

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1951-1951, P-51/F-51 Mustang

Additional Information

Last Known Activity

Date:	10-APR-1951
Time:
Type:	North American RF-51D Mustang
Owner/operator:	USAF
Registration:	44-84792
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	-
Phase:
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Attached to 18th Ftr-Bmbr Gp. No. 2 ship on two-ship armed recon mission, crashed into hill after strafing pass.

Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=84408

Major Andridge was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the pilot of a RF-51D Mustang fighter bomber with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On April 10, 1951, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy positions, his aircraft crashed into a hill. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_819#.U2QxzCgbFVU

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