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Bill
M.
Bing
POW (Korea)

Home:

Denver

, 

Colorado

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

    Regiment:

    67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    January 31, 1952 – September 1, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant Bill M. Bing (AFSN: 0-1909824), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 31 January 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 1 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.