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Alvin Earl Crane
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
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Date of Death
December 31, 1953
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First Lieutenant Crane was the pilot of a AT-6D Mosquito observation aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147 Tactical Air Control Group. On September 13, 1951, while flying an air-ground control mission, his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed. He was presumed dead on January 31, 1954. His remains were recovered on May 29, 1990 and was identified on October 10, 2005. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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