A pilot, crew chief and the executive officer of a Hawaii-based Marine air squadron were identified Monday, Aug. 28, as those who died in a MV-22 Osprey crash on a remote tropical island in Austral…
A pilot, crew chief and the executive officer of a Hawaii-based Marine air squadron were identified Monday, Aug. 28, as those who died in a fiery MV-22 Osprey crash on a remote tropical island in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Capt. Eleanor V. LeBeau, 29, a pilot of Belleville, IL., died on Aug. 29 while flying in an MV-22 Osprey in Northern Australia during a training exercise. All of the injured were flown from Melville Island about 50 miles to the Royal Darwin Hospital in Darwin, officials said. Three Marines from Camp Pendleton’s 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment remain in the hospital, one in critical condition and two in stable condition, according to officials. Seventeen other Marines were taken to the hospital but were treated and released with minor injuries, said 1st Lt. Romero Lamar.
LeBeau was commissioned into the Marines on Aug. 11, 2018, and was promoted to captain in March. She served in Pensacola, FL, Corpus Christi, TX, and Jacksonville, NC,before arriving at Marine Corps Base in Hawaii. She is decorated with the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Sea ServiceDeployment Ribbon.
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