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Old October 7th 04, 03:31 AM
Mike Kanze
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BZ to your Dad, Rich.

Interesting to note they were cruisemates on the old LEX and the BIG E
during 1942. What is his full name?

Dad probably knows (or knows of) him, since the PAC FLT VF community was
very small in those days. One could honestly say, as Dad often has, that
one "knew every fighter pilot in the Pacific Fleet" back then.

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"Rich" wrote in message
m...
"W. D. Allen Sr." wrote in message
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How many on this newsgroup ever made paddles passes to aircraft carrier
landings? How many to straight decks and how many to angled decks? On
which
carriers did you make them? How many in this newsgroup even know what
paddles passes were? Let us hear from all you really old, formerly bold
pilots!

"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots. But there are no old
bold
pilots!"

WDA

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As with Mike, my father will talk to me about it, but isn't
particularly enamored with computers. With his permission:
Year-Carrier-Type(s)-Squadron/Duty

1941 - USS Ranger (CV-4) - SBC-4 (VS-41), F4F-3 (VF-42)
1941 - USS Wasp (CV-7) - F4F-3 (VF-42)
1941/1942 - USS Yorktown (CV-5) - F4F-3 (VF-42), F4F-4 (XO VF-3)
1942 - USS Lexington (CV-2) - F4F-3 (VF-42)
1942 - USS Enterprise (CV-6) - F4F-4 (VF-3)
1942 - USS Hornet (CV-8) - F4F-4 (VF-3)
1943 - USS Long Island (CVE-1) - F4F-4 (VF-11)
1944 - USS Altamaha (CVE-18) - F4U-1D (ComFAirWest RATO tests)
1944 - USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) - F6F-3 (TF-38 Staff - Opns)
1945 - USS Hancock (CV-19) F6F-3, F6F-5 (TF-38 Staff - Opns)
1945 - USS Wasp (CV-18) - F6F-3 (TF-38 Staff - Opns)
1945 - USS Shangri-La (CV-38) - F4U-4 (TF-38 Staff - Opns)
1948 - USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) - FH-1 (CO VF-17A)
1948 - USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) - FH-1 (CO VF-17A)
1949 - USS Midway (CV-41) F2H-2 (CO VF-171)
1949 - USS Tarawa (CV-40) - F3H-2, F2H-3, F2H-4 (CO VF-171)
1950 / 1951 - USS Coral Sea (CV-43) F2H-2 (CO VF-171), F4U-4, F4U-5,
AD-2, AD-4Q (CAG-17)
1955 - USS Bennington (CVA-20) - F9F-7 (CO VX-5)
1956 - USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) - F9F-8 (first to trap and to
launch after SCB-125 conversion, XO CV-31)

329 Traps

Rich