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John W. Holle
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Rank
Chief Aviation Machinist Mate, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 7, 1954
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Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Holle was the plane captain 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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