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The success of ATA- keeping plane and personnel records upto date is a never ending task RCN 195 can be attri- buted not only to the efforts of the group of outstanding pilots, but also to the fine Chief Petty Officers and en- listed men of the squad- ron. They all worked day and night to meet the schedule and to serve the bomb hungry AD's. They cheerfully gave of their efforts and of their spirit and loyal- ty which made the Tigers of VA-195 de- serving of their name. The squadron found close competition in the personnel of ..... with an open flight deck for a workshop, ordnanceman repairs gun mechanism Captains Stroop and Hollingsworth examine stunt re- vealing Princeton spirit 511 roars down the deck with full bomb load 12 1 ,xc I
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W crash landings were few but wipe downs were frequent comvo Hr QUADRO Detachment EASY of Composite Squadron THREE QVC-35 was stationed at Moffett Field, California, and was attached to the USS PRINCETON and Air Group NINETEEN via temporary duty orders to Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO. Although they were in this TAD status the men of VC-3 came to love the Sweet P, the same as any man in the ship's company, and with this feeling did much to help the old girl out. VC-3's primary duty was night fighting and all weather interception and destruction of enemy aircraft should it approach the fleet. It had as its offensive mission night harassment and in- truder work and it was this phase that was mostly seen aboard the Princeton. 1 ' The team flew some one hundred and twenty five night and pre-dawn heckler missions with its four F4U-5N type aircraft. These planes were staffed by five pilots, two chief petty officers, and thirty four enlisted men. One of the greatest projects of the night fighters was trying to Hy more hops and to this end they instigated an advertising program as their advertisement in the HELP WANTED columns showed. this sparkiing array of talented, experienced, and hot to go bunch of whitehats . . . the boys behind the boys behind the stick
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