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Donald Earl London
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Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Unit
653 FITRON
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Date of Death
December 9, 1951
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Lieutenant London was a pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 653 aboard the aircraft carrier USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). On December 9, 1951, while conducting refresher air operations in TARE Area, his aircraft collided with another F4U-4B causing it to crash. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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