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Winfield James Hammond
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Rank
Chief Aviation Electronics Technician, U.S. Coast Guard
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Date of Death
January 18, 1953
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Chief Aviation Electronicsman Hammond was a crew member of a rescue patrol bomber stationed at the Coast Guard Air Detachment, Sangley Point, Philippines. On January 18, 1953, after rescuing survivors from a Naval P2V Neptune patrol aircraft off Swatow, China, his aircraft crashed on takeoff. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on September 15, 1955. |
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