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John Robert Staples
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Rank
Chief Aviation Machinist Mate, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
January 24, 1954
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Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Staples was the plane captain of a P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 7, based at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii. On January 24, 1954, as the plane was making a landing approach it crashed into the southeast slope of Mount Puu Kaua, Oahu, killing 7 crewmen. |
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