Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lt. J. F. McGarvey LTJG l.. K. P omemy the squadron Hew the Banshee day and l.I.G.C.Benoif F-62 LCDR H. A. Kelley Commanding Omcer LCDR J. D. Mitchell LCDR R. S. Adams LCDR J. R. Dierker Executive Officer IJ. R. I.. Murphy HEN Fighter Squadron 62 fiew aboard the Oriskany last April they had an im- p y p y c X posing record to maintain. ln August 1950, VF-62 had won the Navy MIT, battle effi- ciency pennant. Then the Squadron ex- changed its Grumman FSF Bearcats for sleek, new McDonnell FQH Banshees, and transferred from NAAS Oceana, Va., to NAAS Cecil Field, Fla. As a unit of the newly-organized Carrier Air Group Four, night, thoroughly familiarizing both pilots and crew with the speedy new jet. In March, 1951, VF-62 received orders to prepare for an extended cruise. ln April they completed qual- ifying for day and night carrier operations before departing for the Mediterranean. Aboard the Oriskany, the Squa ron smoo y p Its 0 p month cruise to the Mediterranean, the Squadron has an even more rugged reputation to live up to. me D. E. Cummings LTJG J. c. Keys LTJG w. E. endow LUG n. B. Hall LTJG R. w. Brown d thl ada ted itself to the pattern of life on an aircraft carrier. fiicers and men are roud of their record as safest jet squadron in the Atlantic Fleet. Now, after a five-

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LTJG G. Wilkes, III Q V 'J ag? I f , . . A 1 e 4.4 LTJG J. M. Nickell TOP ROW, Lett to Right: J. M. Sprayberry, E. E. Sims, A. V. Conklin, R. F. Lavarnway, E. G. Robinson, K. W. Rose, R. L. Platt, F. C. Fetters, L. C. Orff, C. L. Fletcher, L. C. LeClerc. . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: G. L. Dawson, C. G. Cummings, R. C. Schoppaul, E. Gundersen, R. M. Tucker, A. L. Hopkins, E. R. Bechtold, E. E. Hopkins, S. C. Hale, J. L. Hart, C. Toth. . . . SECOND ROW, Left to Right: M. L. Dent, J. W. Rawley, A. J. Marrin, S. W. Campbell, J. R. Wallace, B. I. Gibbons, F. J. Safrank, W. Ascrott .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: T. E. Cheek, R. I. Dean, W. J. Dean, F. W. Galante, M. J. Sims, W. C. Haynes, E. M. Lyons, R. L. Watson. LTJG C. E. Hopper 1 N1 Q j . . w N, ,D 5 , 9 9.7 Xi' LTJG K. R. Bare TOP ROW, Left to Right: J. W. Hayes, M. D. DeLorenzo, D. Owenby, J. J. Gerchak, W. J. Proctor, W. W. Lynn, P. V. Polesnak, C. J. Strickland, L. R. Kemp, G. R. Taylor .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: R. K. LeGare, C. D. Turner, S. W. Champion, A. E. Goff, G. C. Sydenham. E- C- Riddling. R. L. Perrin, o. w. Niemi .... SECOND Row, Left to Right: v. R. Rauch, 0. Golden, D. L. Williams, W. W. Morris, K. G. McGovern, J. F. Turnbull, A. E. Lawson, R. L. Jones. . . . FRONT ROW, Left to Right: C. S. Goss, O. Young, D. J. Mitman, R. L. St. Laurent, A. S. Silvia, J. P. Falbo, E. L. DeCoursey. LTJG F. C. Marshall LTJG J. M. Weaver LTJG R. P. Johnson Eng. C, In pufnam Ens. H, W, Kiker f IGP 1 Irovll moikl L. D. Payn' ROW R. 0, II. G Hee: diih ROI J. I Md R. FRI 61 G4 Q E I