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Submitted: 5/28/13 • Approved: 5/29/13 • Last Updated: 11/28/15 • R64398-G0-S3
Connecticut
Flight Officer
9 AAF Bomb GP
World War II
March 9, 1925
May 26, 1945
Shot down during a bombing raid over Kawasaki, Japan in April 1945. Perished in a Japanese Prison camp in Tokyo. Killed by guards along with 62 other POW's on May 26, 1945 trying to escape a fire in the camp. Mother Nellie O'Brien Hostey, Mechanicville, NY. Father, John Hostey, Mechanicville , NY
Contributed on 5/28/13 by Preilly51
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