London, Donald Earl, LT

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Last Rank
Lieutenant
Last Primary NEC
6302-LDO Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Limited Duty Officer
Primary Unit
1950-1951, 6302, VF-653
Service Years
1942 - 1951
Lieutenant Lieutenant

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1924
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Denora, PA
Last Address
Punxsutawney, PA

Casualty Date
Dec 09, 1951
 
Cause
Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location
Korea
Conflict
In The Line of Duty
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 8 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


Lieutenant London was a pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 653 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CV-45). On December 9, 1951, while conducting refresher air operations in TARE Area, his aircraft collided with another F4U-4B causing it to crash.

   
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Service number: 355201

Active duty 9/29/1942 to 8/4/1946
Reserve duty 8/4/1946 to 1950
Active reserve duty 1950 to 12/9/51

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  1945-1945, 6302, USS Crosby (APD-17)

Lieutenant Junior Grade

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- / 1945

Unit
USS Crosby (APD-17) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade

NEC
6302-LDO Pilot

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

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USS Crosby (APD-17)
Hull number APD-17

Type
Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Wickes-class

Strength
Transport Ship

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Last Updated: Oct 1, 2017
   
   
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USS Crosby (APD-17)

Hammill, Don, PO1, (1942-1945) SO SO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Johnson, Albert Richard, LT, (1940-1952) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Wallis, Frederick, CAPT, (1943-1967) OFF Ensign

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