Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Warrant Officer Townsend ' s gas gang pumps enough gas in a single airplane to fill the tanks of three hundred automobiles, but multiply this job fifty times a day, and its easy to see that V-4 ' s redshirts earn their pay. Prior to each day ' s launch, every airplane must be fueled to capacity, and upon recovery, the routine is repeated again. Working with hundreds of thousands of gallons of highly inflam- mable gasoline calls for strict attention and close adherance to prescribed safety rules, and yet their duties are performed quickly and unobtrusively. The pilots of CVG TWO have learned to depend upon V-4, and it ' s a trust that has not been earned easily. STANDING: Volrath, D.R., Smith, J. A., Firth, B.H., Angle, H.R., Vanover, A., Meinhardt, J.R., Carrico, E.R., Roach, A.L., Davies, P.T., Barron, E.B., Fitzgerald, M.S., Spry, C.E., Fulmer, W.L., Davies, R.A., Davies, T.L. SITTING; Zimmerman, G.R., Herring, D.K., Brazda, G.J., Jones, L.D., Sneed, R.E., Berry, F.L., Camron, K.M., Gann, D.D., Harp, J.E., Widga, D.D., Crowley, J.E., Baker, R.L. KNEELING: Cissell, C.W., Carpenter, R.E., CWO R.E. Townsend, Hardy, M.S., Brown, T.J. STANDING: Paddock, T.W., Daniels, R.C., Hamblen, T.F., Hearne, J.F., Scheer, R.E., Norwood, W.D., Cecil, J.R., Conlin, L.M., Valentine, A., Reed, R.E. SITTING: Puckett, J.W., Sinkler, R.C., Miller, W.J., Grose, F.B., Wilson, B.J. , La France, R.B., Lewis, J.E., Velluto, A. J., Nuedeck, P.E., Overton, C.P., Clarenson, D.A., Patterson, G.E. KNEELING: Polhamus, D.W., Davis, T.W., Caneva, W.R M ( 9 Jr i ' % f If