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Three Navy Men Dead in Kitty Hawk Pump Leak Tragedy
Navy officials report a pump room leak on the carrier Kitty Hawk caused three deaths from fumes while two airmen attempted to fix a leaking pipe. Leroy Ervin, J A Fischer, Leo Pich, and G A Smith are named among the injured and deceased. A second incident during the same exercise saw Lt Cmdr Robert Simonic drown after ejecting from a Corsair II jet five miles from the Enterprise.
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NAVY
Kitty Hawk
San Diego
UPD
Aviation
3.C. Leroy Ervin
Balboa Naval Hospital
Ervin
J. A. Fischer
Bayside
Pich
Smith
Fischer
Cmdr
Robert J. Simonic
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Enterprise