The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John F. McBride
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
December 20, 1952
Staff Sergeant McBride was a member of the 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On December 20, 1952, he was a radio operator on a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on take off. Ninety personnel on board perished.