Lt. Harold Ray Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kennedy, of Thomasville Rd., who was reported missing in action on June 2, 1945, has been declared dead.
Lt. Kennedy was a Navy pilot on the aircraft carrier Shangri-La and flew a Corsair fighter plane. On June 2nd, the squadron made an attack on Kyushu, the southern part of Japan, and before returning to the carrier, Lt. Kennedy and several others were flying cover over the two pilots who had been about shot down in Kagoshima Bay until they could be rescued. There were attacked by twenty Jap planes and Lt. Kennedy's plane was badly damaged. When he dropped out of formation, Lt. Charles Kirkman, of Sunnyside, Washington, dropped back to look for him. He radioed their position and refused to leave the area where Lt. Kennedy was until he too ran out of gas and went down. Lt. Kennedy was also reported missing at that time.
Lt. Kennedy's parents have received the Air Medal for his meritorious acts while participating in aerial strikes on Tokuna Jima, Aami Jima, Kikal Jima and Okinawa Jima. Prior to enlisting to the navy, he attended Hasty High School and two years at Catawba College, Salisbury. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Miss Dorothy Kennedy, and Mrs. Clyde Vaughn, and one brother, Stuart Kennedy.
High Point Enterprise--June 16, 1946
(submitted by Janet Hickman)
Lt. Kennedy was a Navy pilot on the aircraft carrier Shangri-La and flew a Corsair fighter plane. On June 2nd, the squadron made an attack on Kyushu, the southern part of Japan, and before returning to the carrier, Lt. Kennedy and several others were flying cover over the two pilots who had been about shot down in Kagoshima Bay until they could be rescued. There were attacked by twenty Jap planes and Lt. Kennedy's plane was badly damaged. When he dropped out of formation, Lt. Charles Kirkman, of Sunnyside, Washington, dropped back to look for him. He radioed their position and refused to leave the area where Lt. Kennedy was until he too ran out of gas and went down. Lt. Kennedy was also reported missing at that time.
Lt. Kennedy's parents have received the Air Medal for his meritorious acts while participating in aerial strikes on Tokuna Jima, Aami Jima, Kikal Jima and Okinawa Jima. Prior to enlisting to the navy, he attended Hasty High School and two years at Catawba College, Salisbury. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Miss Dorothy Kennedy, and Mrs. Clyde Vaughn, and one brother, Stuart Kennedy.
High Point Enterprise--June 16, 1946
(submitted by Janet Hickman)
Lt. Harold Ray Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kennedy, of Thomasville Rd., who was reported missing in action on June 2, 1945, has been declared dead.
Lt. Kennedy was a Navy pilot on the aircraft carrier Shangri-La and flew a Corsair fighter plane. On June 2nd, the squadron made an attack on Kyushu, the southern part of Japan, and before returning to the carrier, Lt. Kennedy and several others were flying cover over the two pilots who had been about shot down in Kagoshima Bay until they could be rescued. There were attacked by twenty Jap planes and Lt. Kennedy's plane was badly damaged. When he dropped out of formation, Lt. Charles Kirkman, of Sunnyside, Washington, dropped back to look for him. He radioed their position and refused to leave the area where Lt. Kennedy was until he too ran out of gas and went down. Lt. Kennedy was also reported missing at that time.
Lt. Kennedy's parents have received the Air Medal for his meritorious acts while participating in aerial strikes on Tokuna Jima, Aami Jima, Kikal Jima and Okinawa Jima. Prior to enlisting to the navy, he attended Hasty High School and two years at Catawba College, Salisbury. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Miss Dorothy Kennedy, and Mrs. Clyde Vaughn, and one brother, Stuart Kennedy.
High Point Enterprise--June 16, 1946
(submitted by Janet Hickman)
Lt. Kennedy was a Navy pilot on the aircraft carrier Shangri-La and flew a Corsair fighter plane. On June 2nd, the squadron made an attack on Kyushu, the southern part of Japan, and before returning to the carrier, Lt. Kennedy and several others were flying cover over the two pilots who had been about shot down in Kagoshima Bay until they could be rescued. There were attacked by twenty Jap planes and Lt. Kennedy's plane was badly damaged. When he dropped out of formation, Lt. Charles Kirkman, of Sunnyside, Washington, dropped back to look for him. He radioed their position and refused to leave the area where Lt. Kennedy was until he too ran out of gas and went down. Lt. Kennedy was also reported missing at that time.
Lt. Kennedy's parents have received the Air Medal for his meritorious acts while participating in aerial strikes on Tokuna Jima, Aami Jima, Kikal Jima and Okinawa Jima. Prior to enlisting to the navy, he attended Hasty High School and two years at Catawba College, Salisbury. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Miss Dorothy Kennedy, and Mrs. Clyde Vaughn, and one brother, Stuart Kennedy.
High Point Enterprise--June 16, 1946
(submitted by Janet Hickman)
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Fighter Squadron 85, U.S.N. WW II, Lost at sea off Southern Japan
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