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Ralph U. Hooper
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
December 4, 1951
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First Lieutenant Hooper was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Wing. On December 4, 1951, while departing on a combat mission, one engine quit after takeoff and the aircraft crashed five miles east of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, killing nine crew members. |
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