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Eugene Brewer Hale
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
54 FITRON
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Date of Death
November 27, 1951
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Hale was the pilot of a AD-4L Skyraider Dive Bomber with Fighter Squadron 54 aboard the carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On November 27, 1951, a 250 pound bomb became armed while attached to his aircraft. His attempt to jettison it was unsuccessful. He bailed out over the ocean. After hitting the water he dropped out of sight. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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