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The body of pilot Jerry Hill was found in the Atlantic by the crew of the 'Sagebrush' about a mile and a half from the coast of Punta Maldonado.

Source: "Clemente: the passion and grace of Baseball's last hero" by David Maraniss, Page 347.

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