Kearsarge (CVA 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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S l i F5 1 i l Mu he if 2.5 is i -5 i 1 Q 5 u I . i i i .i i i I i li ll i v 'l Ii Commander, Air Group Eleven -l 'Clk sf ? gf?-1-Q. if -s X k , I s ' 'I - . -A Wgtfn W---A-,.-....-,...... , g i .J - -.... .,, - '4'iCl'-, .- .OHL CDR F. H. Michoelis 5 --.mv Si, ., T. Qne morning we tound tlwe pier crowded witli jets ancl AD's and we lmew tlie time For leaving was close at liand: tlwe neirclalesi' were bacll. But tlwis tour tlriey were olcl liriencls lirorn the beginningg tlie KEAQSARGE carried Air Group Eleven to rlie liar East last cruise, and tlwere were many Familiar traces to be seen truclging UP tlwe Qanqwuys under locicls ot seelyags anal luggage- Vfliile time ucandy booth restecl its bottom in a Son Francisco clrytlocl-X tlie pilots and men Ol Air Group ll were undergoing intensive training Clown at Miramar Naval Air Station near SBD Diego. llwere on lzeluruary l, i954 CDR l:-l'l- lxiicliaelis relieverl CDQ EG. Schwab as Com- mander, Air Group Eleven. Along witli Q new CAG tliree cl our squadronff got new circrulftz VF-l li? trade-rl in F39 l:-555 FOV F9 llols, Vli-ll3 replaced tlieir F9 F-Sis For F9 l:-Qls, uncl VA-ll5 exclianqecl All-5,5 lol O AD 6's. Qnly Vll-llll remeinecl att-.iclxecl t tlieir F9 l:-Ss tliait tliey Flew lust tour.

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AQF, .-J.. 1 Q- 9? JCE -, ,L .'.f3 3 A iS ET' nm.- ...ia .s we T' 'sq !'.E'- 1 .4 ,,f i i C bur S3 -' iF9F F9 ef A r'-,V Mw V atta OUV. ui' ': :i 1-4f,' lluis woulvl lg-e Air Group Ele'-.fenls lourtli trip to tlie Far Eastern tlieater. llie lirst two liad liieen aboard tlie l3ldlLllD- l3lNE SEA, and tlien duri r r g l953..54 on board tlie KAY. Que ol tlie rilrlest intact air groups, ELEVEN was Corn- mifisioried on Navy Lay l942, at San Diego. Tlie group can Clairn rnariy utirstsu including tlie First dayliglit raids on Bougarwville during World 'War Ilg tlie lirst to operate oll Korea as an all-jet lfiglmer outlit: and, tlie lirst to rnalze toucli-and-go landings on an Air pac carrier. Battle-proven veterans oi tlie Korean War, ELEVEN can trace its cornlqat experiente lgiaelt to tlie Guadalcanal and Adrniralties Carnpaigrs ol: WW II. Alter tlie Japanese surrender ELEVEN vvas almost corn- pletely dissolved, Qetorrned in l947, it made a world cruise on tlie VALLEY FQRGE. Tlien on July 41950, nine days after tlie beginning ot liostilities in Korea Air Group ll headed lor tlie now too tarniliar western pacitic For tlwe First time aboard tlie pl-llL SEA. lliis cruise Air Group Eleven participated in routine training and searcli missions, lriiglwliglwted by tlie not so routine evacuation ol: tlwe Taclien Islands wlrien ELEVENE planes provided cover and patrols day and niglwt.