The 1955 picture
of the flt line is intended to show the sheet of ice on the ramp
in front of the aircraft. Ordinarily, we parked with wings extended,
but the snow and ice forecast prompted Maintenance to fold the
wings. |
The Skyraiders in
the background of the picture of me in flt gear belong to VMA-211,
the other squadron in the air group. VMA-211 was at Wake
Island when it fell to the Japanese early in WWII.
|
The picture of the
AD4B with # 1 on the cowl, was taken in late 1955 before the
two-tone gray camouflage paint scheme was introduced. .
This is the CO's (LtCol. Jay McDonald) airplane and the only
acft in the 24 plane squadron with an ADF receiver. The rest
made do with a 550KHz LF coffee grinder receiver for radio navigation |