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L. F. Barela
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Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 5, 1954
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Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class Barela was a crew member of a PBM-5S Catalina patrol bomber with Advance Training Unit 700, based at Corpus Christi, Texas. On May 5, 1954, the aircraft was on a navigation training flight when it crashed 90 miles southwest of Brownsville, Texas killing 10 crewmen. |
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