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Roger Clark Hammond
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Rank
Airman, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
October 7, 1951
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Airman Apprentice Hammond was a member of the crew of the carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On September 16, 1951, a damaged F2H Banshee fighter tried to land on the aircraft carrier. The tail hook could not engage and the aircraft bounced over the barriers, struck other aircraft and burst into flames. He died of injuries received on October 7, 1951 at a hospital in Japan. |
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