Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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V-3 Division takes over where the flight deck crew leaves off, and the planes cajoled onto the three elevators are quickly whisked below into the vast warehouse-like hangar bays. Masters of their art, the whistle blowing directors nudge their reluctant charges to their resting places. It is hard to imagine the skill with which planes are stacked into position with only inches of space between the wing tip of its neighbor. After servicing and necessary repairs, the job starts again, and the planes are eased out of their chocks and returned to the line once more. For the blue-jerseyed plane pushers, it ' s push, all together now — once more — over the hump from dawn till dusk and often well into the night, but they are an integral part of the team that makes MIDWAY the flyingest ship afloat. c 0) E - i. a a FRONT ROW: Synstelien, V.N., Green, R.E., Lockwood. D.E., Leaks, D., Rocker, D.A., Coulter, B.G., Williams R.E., Williamson, D.J. Garber, E.W., Miller, G.F., McKoon, R.W. SECOND ROW: Thornton, M., Hamm, R.B., Lt K.L. Beckman, Laubach, G.S., Cox, J.B. THIRD ROW: Whitney, R., Felton, T.R., Holbrook, F.R., Depp, E.G., Simmons, R.C., Watts, R.D., Lottman, O.L, Johnson, D.G., Griffis, L.D., Cutler, E.G., Taylor, H.L., Riddle, J.W. FOURTH ROW: Dreith, J.K., Miller, H.L., Nonnemacher, B.W., Miller, D.E., Robinson, L.R., Vasquez, R. FRONT ROW- Fields, CD., Durga, E.D., Dzirko, J.K., Ransier, H.V., Eellamy, W.S., Smith, K.E., Harris, C.W. SECOND ROW- Harris, J.C., Hamm, R.B., Lt K.L. Beckman, Laubach, G.S., Lenoir, K. THIRD ROW: White, J.I Weiers, D., Whitley, T.J., Christensen, G.A., Brew, W., Krantwashl, L.L., Rodgers, A.L. FOUR Connors, G.B., Metz, T.T., Bray, R.P., Peterson, R.W., Dence, J.H., Pace, T.E. anning, E.R Wood, J.R. Maierle, W.P.

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