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Bigelow Watts
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
323 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
June 17, 1951
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Captain Watts was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 323, aboard the carrier USS SICILY (CVE-118). On June 17, 1951, upon returning from a combat air patrol, his aircraft was waved off as he tried to land. The aircraft crashed into the Yellow Sea and sank immediately. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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