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J. R. Quirk
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Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
November 26, 1952
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Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class Quirk was the plane captain of a patrol bomber, P2V-4 Neptune, from Patrol Squadron 26, based at the Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island. On November 21, 1952, during an anti-submarine warfare exercise, the aircraft crashed into Narragansett Bay, killing eight crewmen. |
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