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  1. Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Kennedy family and the eldest of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. During World War II, Kennedy was killed in action while serving as a land-based patrol bomber pilot, and ...

  2. Mar 25, 2011 · Learn about Joseph Kennedy Jr., the oldest son of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and a naval aviator who died in a plane crash during World War II. Find out how his brother John F. Kennedy pursued a political career and became the 35th president of the United States.

  3. Learn about the life and death of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the oldest child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy and the brother of John F. Kennedy. He was a navy flier who volunteered for a secret mission to destroy a V-2 rocket launching site in Normandy and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

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  5. Aug 19, 2014 · Learn how the older brother of JFK died in a secret mission to destroy Nazi V-weapon sites with pilotless aircraft in 1944. Explore the history and challenges of the first American drone program and its impact on the war.

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  6. Jan 24, 2024 · Learn about the life and death of Joe Jr., the eldest son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, who was a naval aviator and a potential political leader. Read about his childhood, education, military service, and his role in Operation Aphrodite during World War II.

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  7. Apr 2, 2014 · Joseph P. Kennedy is best known as the father of three political leaders: President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Representative Ted Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, who served as a U.S. senator...

  8. A little more than a year later, on August 12 1944, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was killed when his plane, packed with explosives for a top-secret bombing raid, exploded over southeast England. Only a month afterwards, the second Kennedy daughter Kathleen lost her husband of just four months, William John Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, killed in ...

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