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Lote Thistlethwaite
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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 4, 1953
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Captain Thistlethwaite was the pilot of a F3D-2 Douglas Skyknight fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On July 4, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft failed to return to base. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 6, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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