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Son, Brother, Marine, Friend

 On the evening of Friday, July 27, 1945, test pilot Marine Capt. Fred Charles Ochoa, 26, died in a plane crash approximately 5 miles southwest of Bluemont, Virginia. Ochoa was test piloting a new high performance twin-engine aircraft, the Grumman F7F Tigercat, making a night flight from Patuxent NAS to the Naval Air Station in Anacostia, MD. For seventy years, family members had understood the crash was near Patuxent, and that Ochoa lost instruments and crashed into the ground. When a curious niece and nephew started looking for more information about the crash, new information was discovered which has amazed all family members.

Ochoa Family Reunion - Honored "Tio Fred"
March 17, 2017 during a tour of Bluemont.
We would like to thank the communities of Leesburg,
Purceville, Bluemont, and Middleburg, Virginia 
for their warm and welcoming reception.
 
March 18, 2017 the Ochoa family gathered at the
American Legion Hall in Middleburg, Virginia
to honor the memory of Capt. Ochoa, all veterans,
and active duty military.

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