Name
Gale Burkey
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
1941-Jun-01
USN
VP-23 (#2)
Date
Rate
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NAP
1941-Dec-07
Ensign
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Captain
Citation
Air Medal
Air Medal
Air Medal
Air Medal
Air Medal
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Date
Post
Action
1941-Aug-22
Pilot
Flight: Extended. Pilot performed stalled landing on return and bounced off water with insufficient airspeed. Right wing dipped, burying wingtip pontoon in water and spinning the aircraft into a can buoy. Keel broken, hull holed.
Publication
Page
410822.001
Log Book: Ogden, James R.
010
On Hell's Perimeters / Pacific Tales of PBY Patrol Squadron 23 in WWII
9,17,18
Biography