"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Former Navy pilot Scott Crossfield dead at 84.

Flew the F6F and SNJ during the early 1940s.

Can anyone post more info about his WW II service?

vince norris

From his biography on the NASA Dryden website:

"Born in Berkeley, Calif., on October 2, 1921, Crossfield began his
engineering training at the University of Washington in 1940. He interrupted
his education to join the U.S. Navy in 1942. Commissioned an ensign in 1943
following flight training, he served as a fighter and gunnery instructor and
maintenance officer before spending six months overseas without seeing
combat duty. While in the Navy he flew the F6F and F4U fighters, as well as
SNJ trainers, and a variety of other aircraft. "



JD