Bluehawk Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share #26 Posted January 30, 2018 That would be a fine way to go. There was that sequence in Victory at Sea, I always felt a very poignant and moving scene, a burial at sea in the form of a wrecked fighter plane with it's pilot inside being heaved over the side, would assume from this that the pilot either was killed on landing as his plane cracked up, or died a bit later from wounds and or injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29navy Posted January 31, 2018 Share #27 Posted January 31, 2018 It was the gunner in a TBF who was basically blown apart in his turret. And the plane was a mess too. So they used it as the casket and rolled off the back end of the carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US82Bravo Posted January 31, 2018 Share #28 Posted January 31, 2018 It was the gunner in a TBF who was basically blown apart in his turret. And the plane was a mess too. So they used it as the casket and rolled off the back end of the carrier. The gunner's name was Loyce Edward Deen. Here is a link to his memorial page - http://www.loyceedeen.org/ Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 31, 2018 Share #29 Posted January 31, 2018 The gunner's name was Loyce Edward Deen. Here is a link to his memorial page - http://www.loyceedeen.org/ Larry Now that's quite a page, thanks for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 31, 2018 Share #30 Posted January 31, 2018 It was the gunner in a TBF who was basically blown apart in his turret. And the plane was a mess too. So they used it as the casket and rolled off the back end of the carrier. That's it, been a long long time since I seen it (thought it was a fighter, it still never the less, loses any of it's poignancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noman Posted February 4, 2018 Share #31 Posted February 4, 2018 The dpaa mil had a section not only of mias but also a listing of those buried at sea...cant find it now [sorry] https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56787731 Loyce deen Find a grave memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share #32 Posted February 4, 2018 Thank you. The dpaa mil had a section not only of mias but also a listing of those buried at sea...cant find it now [sorry] https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56787731 Loyce deen Find a grave memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MastersMate Posted February 11, 2018 Share #33 Posted February 11, 2018 The May, 1944 issue, page 34, contains the procedures for a burial at sea.. http://www.navy.mil/allhands.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share #34 Posted February 12, 2018 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted February 13, 2018 Share #35 Posted February 13, 2018 Though I cannot answer your question directly, I think burials at sea happened quite often when ships are out to sea and on campaigns. There simply is no way to store bodies nor easy ways to transfer dead to burial sites. At best they can only hold them a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluehawk Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share #41 Posted February 13, 2018 What you say is surely true, and thank you for the photographs, which only deepen thoughts of this unique form of commemoration for our Fallen, upon the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 9, 2018 Share #42 Posted August 9, 2018 I had a friend who I started to hang out with in the 80s after i got out of the Army, he was in the Navy onboard the CV JFK, a Bosun he was like 77-79, he said there was an old timer, a Chief, who was killed in a flight deck accident, and was buried at sea, friend went on to say that this was in his will that if he died or was killed at sea, that this is what he wanted. So would there be truth in this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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