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Fighter Squadron 62 (FITRON 62)
VF-62 ‘Boomerangs’
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established as VF-62 on July 1, 1955 VF-62
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AIRCRAFT:
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McDonnell
F2H-3 Banshee (1955-56) North
American FJ-3 / FJ-3M Fury (1956-60) Vought
F8U-1 Crusader (1960-62) Vought
F-8B Crusader (1962-63) Vought
F-8E Crusader (1963-65) Vought
F-8D Crusader (1966-67) Vought
F-8C Crusader (1967-68) Vought
F-8H Crusader (1968-69) |
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DEPLOYMENTS:
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October
1955 - April 1956 with CVG-6 aboard USS Lake Champlain (CVA 39) July
1956 - February 1957 with ATG-202 aboard USS Randolph (CVA 15) December 1957 with ATG-201 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) February
1958 - November 1958 with ATG-201 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) May
1959 - June 1959 with CVG-10 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) August
1959 - February 1960 with CVG-10 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) June
1960 - October 1960 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) January
1961 - June 1961 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) February
1962 - April 1962 with CVG-1 aboard USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) October
1962 - November 1962 shore based at Leeward Point Field, NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba October
1963 - May 1964 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) February
1965 - September 1965 with CVW-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) September
1966 - May 1967 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) November
1967 - August 1968 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) October
1968 - December 1968 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) January
1969 - July 1969 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) |
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F-8C Crusader (VF-62 / CVW-8) embarked on
USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1968
F-8C Crusader (VF-62 / CVW-8) flying over
USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1968
F-8C Crusaders (VF-62 / CVW-8) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - circa 1968
F-8E Crusader (VF-62 / CVW-10) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1963
F8U-1 Crusaders (VF-62 / CVG-10) flying
over NAS Cecil Field, Florida - 1962
A North American AJ-2 Savage (BuNo
134043) of Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-7 Det.45 Peacemakers of the Fleet
refueling North American FJ-3M Fury fighters (BuNo 139232, 139231)
from Fighter Squadron VF-62 Boomerangs. VF-62 and VAH-7 were assigned to Air
Task Group 201 (ATG-201) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) for a deployment
to the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific from 2 February to 17 November 1958
(National Naval Aviation Museum)
excerpt from image above
AD-6 Skyraider (BuNo 134538) from Attack
Squadron VA-105 Mad Dogs refueling a North American FJ-3M Fury (BuNo 139232)
of Fighter Squadron VF-62 Boomerangs. Both squadrons were
assigned to Air Task Group 201 (ATG-201) aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Essex (CVA-9) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian
Ocean and the Western Pacific from 2 February to 17 November 1958 (National
Naval Aviation Museum)
excerpt from image above
FJ-3M Furys (VF-62 / ATG-201) embarked on
USS Essex (CVA 9) - 1958
FJ-3 Fury (VF-62 / ATG-202) embarked on
USS Randolph (CVA 15) at NAS Cecil Field, Florida - 1956 (National Naval Aviation
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