Captain Bolt was a pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter with Headquarters Squadron, 15th Fighter Bomber Group, U.S. Air Force. While attacking targets near Pyongyang, North Korea on October 2, 1950, his Mustang was hit and he was forced to land. After evading the enemy for several hours he was taken Prisoner of War. He was declared dead on March 31, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Captain Bolt was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Captain Bolt was a pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter with Headquarters Squadron, 15th Fighter Bomber Group, U.S. Air Force. While attacking targets near Pyongyang, North Korea on October 2, 1950, his Mustang was hit and he was forced to land. After evading the enemy for several hours he was taken Prisoner of War. He was declared dead on March 31, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Captain Bolt was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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