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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Sgt Stephen Willcox - Deceased
"First Lieutenant Hardigan was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 9th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Wing. On August 29, 1952, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire. Half its right wing was shot off, and the aircraft crashed and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial...Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Korean War Honor Roll, http://www.abmc.gov
"Date of Loss: 520829
Tail Number: 49-2424A
Aircraft Type: F-84E
Wing or Group: 49th Fighter-Bomber Group
Squadron: 9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Circumstances of Loss: Hit by AAA, half of right wing shot off, crashed, exploded, no egress noted
Crewmembers Associated With This Loss: Hardigan, Kenneth A 1Lt USAF KIA no egress noted" Source: Korwald Loss Incident Summary, http://www.dtic.mil
Comments/Citation:
Kenneth Alan Hardigan was born in Medford, Massachusetts, son of Willard G. Hardigan and Helen Bernadette Rennie. Source: http://trees.ancestry.com
"Name: Kenneth Alan Hardigan
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1929
Gender: Male
Home City: Medford
Home State: Massachusetts
Citizen Status: US Citizen
Death Date: 29 Aug 1952
Processed Date: Nov 1976
Casualty Country: Korea
Casualty Type: Hostile-Killed
Casualty Cause: Aircraft Loss/Crash Not at Sea
Casualty Air: Fixed Wing Air Casualty-Pilot
Service Branch: US Air Force
Component: Reserve
Rank: First Lieutenant
Pay Grade: First Lieutenant" Source: Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957, Ancestry.com
