The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John C. Brehm
Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
May 14, 1953
Major Brehm was a passenger on a B-29 Superfortress Bomber with the 582nd Air Rescue Squadron, 582nd Air Rescue Wing, based at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana. On May 14, 1953, he was enroute to Lake Charles Air Force Base, Louisiana on a routine training flight. The aircraft crashed about eight miles from Sargent, Nebraska killing nine personnel.