Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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f 1 1 1 Upper Left: F. Serafini, AD2, plane captain, keeps his new plane looking new, a continual battle against wind, weather, salt spray, and soot. Says M. Serafini Shine, shine, shine, you would think this guppy was a Cadillac. Lower Left: E. O. Rheinhart ATI, probes for a possible trouble spot. in a sick piece of electronics equipment from the ADWs complicated radar system. With him in the AEW workshop IS his right-hand man, E. Percy, AL2. Center: To Employ the ADW with maximum effectiveness, the pilot and crewmen must be thoroughly briefed on their mission. LT N. R. Birkler readies crewmen V. T. Evans, ATI and W. M. Lasseter, AL3, for a search in the Mediterranean. Lower Center: J. C. WVillett, AD2, inspects landing gear of' aircraft after a hard landing. The ADW is a heavy plane. If she's cut a little high, the pilot and crewmen think they are going right on through to the hangar deck. Upper Right: G. A. Kragt, AD3, maintenance check crew member, hunts gremlins in one of the guppy's engines. This one checked out fine on deck, but went into automatic rough at 5000 feet, especially at night. l Ili l t Ieck of a carrier is conducive to many dents in aircraft surfaces. Here R. A. Riffht: The tight plane spot necessary on tme 'igi t D . . . . Carlson, AM2, and W. H. Cowart, AN, discuss damage done to the horizontal stabilizer on an ADYV aircraft. L J R'0'l t: G. R. Baldwin AD2, plane captain, had a few questions to ask about the instruments in an ADYV. LCDR R. IN. owcr ig 1 , IfVillis, detachment O-in-C climbed up on the wing and put Baldwin through a brief instrument course. COMPOSITE SQUADRON 12, organized in 1948, has a permanent home at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Back at Quonset, mother VC-I2 keeps a barn full of Guppies, pilots, crewmen, and mech- anics to send out in detachments on the carriers that put to sea. Planes from VC-IZ, stripped of conventional arma- ment, carry as a primary weapon the most powerful radar ever housed in a carrier aircraft. The AD Guppy, with its potent electronic eye, extends the vision of the fleet and provides early warning against any enemy who might strike. Day or night, fair weather or foul, VC-I2 Detaclnnent is ready for twenty-four hour service if the situation demands. U

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