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David Franklin Tatum
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
52 FITRON
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Date of Death
February 19, 1952
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Tatum was the pilot of a F9F-2 Panther Jet fighter with Fighter Squadron 52, aboard carrier USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). On February 19, 1952, while making a glide run on a railroad cut, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire, crashed into a mountain and exploded. His remains were not recovered. |
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