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Joseph Anthony Taddeo
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Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
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Date of Death
April 21, 1953
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Second Lieutenant Taddeo was the pilot of a LT-6G Mosquito control aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147 Tactical Air Control Group. On April 21, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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