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C. W. Elkins
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Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
August 12, 1951
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Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Elkins was a crew member of a PB4Y-2S Privateer patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 9 assigned to Naval Air Station Kodiak, Alaska. On August 12, 1951, while on patrol, his aircraft crashed into a hill on Amak Island, Alaska killing 12 men on board. |
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