My U.S. Navy Tour was from 1958 to 1962. I was in VP-10 which was an Anti-Submarine Squadron which was Home Based in Brunswick, Maine.
At the 2002 VP-10 Reunion in Maine
Dan Neumann and I, and Dan Adcock behind me.
Kathy, after the Navy Briefings in Hanger 5
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I was an Aviation Electronics Technician and specialized in Radar (ATR). My Navy Boot Camp was in Great Lakes, IL; then Aviation fundamentals, math and physics in Norman Oklahoma; and then one year of studies in aviation electronics in Memphis TN.
Major 5 month tours were Rota, Spain; Keflavik, Iceland and Argentia, Newfoundland.
I was an Air Crewman and at first I flew as radio operator using morse code; then I was Radar Operator and later was Julie/Jezebel anti-submarine operator. Typical flights lasted about 12 hours; 2-3 hours to get "on station" and then about 6 hours 'on station' sometimes flying at 200 feet off the water when attempting to pinpoint a submarine, or photographing a Russian Trawler Ship loaded with electronics capability.
U.S. Minor Tours were Key West, Porto Rico, Norfolk, Quonset Point for Anti-Submarine training and special education on Anti-Submarine Electronics and Tactics.
Caricature of our Combat Air Crew by Bob Erdos
Ports visited were, Oslo, Bodo, Stavanger and Andoya Norway; Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark; London England; Prestwick and Ayre Scotland; Frankfort Germany; Gibraltar; Athens and Elefsis Greece; Cadiz, Madrid, Seville and Jerez de la Frontera Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Thule and Sondestrom Greenland; Baffin Bay Labrador; and Lajes, in the Canary Islands.
VPNAVY Website - VP-10 Master Page
There are 8 major VP-10 pages, and you will find me in 6 of them due to the fact that I have been a contributor of Aircraft pictures, Air Crew pictures, Shipmate info, Patches, and a Memorial to a crew we lost off the coast of Virginia Nov 9, 1961.
P2V in the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
My Plane is now at Evergreen in Pinal, AZ and is used as a Fire Bomber
