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Paul Robert Piana
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
July 10, 1952
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Captain Piana was the pilot of a F7F-3N Tigercat night fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On July 10, 1952, while on a combat mission, his aircraft's engine caught fire. He ordered his radar observer to bail out. The aircraft crashed and burned. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 16, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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