PHOTO GALLERY
FEBRUARY-11-1945
JOSEPH V. MATERA
PLANE SPUN INTO SEA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE WAVE OFF
From
Mary Lee Murphy, Daughter of Joseph V. Matera
JOSEPH V. MATERA - NAVY PILOT - VF-82 (FIGHTING FOOLS).
ATTACHED TO USS BENNINGTON CV-20 IN DECEMBER 1944 THROUGH JUNE 1945.
ROSE TO RANK OF LIEUT. COMDR. IN THE NAVAL RESERVES.
DECEASED APRIL 2001.
THE PHOTO SERIES BEGINS WITH THE MY FATHER'S NOTATION IN HIS LOG BOOK ON 2-11-1945
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"CRASHED INTO SEA SOUTH OF GUAM.
PLANE SPUN IN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE WAVE OFF."
DAD'S NOTE IN RED- "CLOSEST ONE OF MY LIFE"
FOLLOWED BY FOUR OFFICIAL NAVY PHOTOS.
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This clipping appeared in the Daily Mirror (NY?) on March 8, 1945.
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