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Joe D. Bailes
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
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Date of Death
May 6, 1953
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Captain Bailes was the pilot of a F9F-5 Panther Jet fighter with Marine Fighter Squadron 311, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 6, 1953, while on a combat mission in bad weather, his aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed near Pohang Airfield (K-3). |
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