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Gerald P. Lepard
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Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 7, 1954
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Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class Lepard was the second mechanic of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen. |
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