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Looking for friend who lost hand

I'm looking for an old friend that I went to bootcamp with. He was on the Kitty Hawk in 1993 and lost his hand in the intake of a jet. His last name is Davis and first name is either Eric or Jeff (can't fully remember). If you know ANYTHING about him please let me know.

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Do you know what dept he would have been in it will make it easier for me to look it up in my Cruise Book

Bob Bates
89-93

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Was he ships company or air wing

Bob Bates

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He was part of the air wing. He just arrived on the kitty hawk from Apprentice Training. I'm not sure if he was an ABH or what. Thank you for looking. I appreciate it.

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He was a 'Blueshirt' in V-1 Division. I don't remember his name. He was only there for about 2 weeks before the accident. I was about 25 feet from him when he went in. He was sucked into the intake of an F14 # 101 from VF-111. That same plane sucked another guy in about 2 months later.

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P.S. I don't think you'll find him in the cruise book. He wasn't there long enough to get his pic taken for that.