Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest Kennedy son, killed during war mission 70 years ago this hour (Aug 12 1944)


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(Saturday, August 12, 1944, 6:20 p.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST); during World War II) — Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 29, the eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed with his co-pilot tonight when their explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over East Suffolk, United Kingdom. His remains were never recovered.


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