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J. A. Kerrigan
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Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
January 28, 1953
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Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Kerrigan was a crew member of a PB4Y-2S Privateer patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 9, assigned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. On January 28, 1953, in bad weather, the aircraft struck Black Peak, Washington at 5,000 feet altitude, killing ten crew members. |
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