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D. W. McMeekin
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Rank
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
July 2, 1953
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Lieutenant Commander McMeekin was a crew member of a PBM-5S Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 42, based at the Naval Air Station Adak, Alaska. On July 2, 1953, there was a fire and the aircraft made a forced landing in fog. It crashed at sea killing 12 crewmen. |
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