April 6, 1954: Two Maryland Aircrew Members Die During Search for Military Jet

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On this date in 1954, two members of the Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol died while on asearch and rescue mission.

An excerpt from the Maryland Wing:

Capt. Anthony J. Synodinos, the mission pilot, and 1st Lt. Edward G. Conrad, the mission observer, were on a search and rescue mission on April 6, 1954 that stretched from Long Island, N.Y. to Langley Field, Va. for a missing T-33 military jet that was never found. They were both members of the East Baltimore Squadron and had been in the air for about an hour, searching the Upper Bay in heavy fog, when their open-cockpit Ryan PT-22 airplane crashed into the water at 1:05 p.m.

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