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In Memoriam

Updated: March 29, 2008
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With the new dawn at Cecil Field
the photo Crusaders beckon

Click photo to enlarge (Courtesy: Arthur W. Scarborough PHC)

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell...

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  • Thomas J. Bennett ADJ 2
    Born: December 3, 1941 Died: May 23, 1964 (USS Independence Flight Deck accident)
  • W.W. (Bill) Best AT2
    Died circa 2007 - Details Requested
    Also see "Guest Log" Page 1 this site]
  • Capt. Cole Black- was a VFP-62 pilot and also a POW for several years, was killed in a plane crash November 2007. He was a passenger in a Piper Aerostar. He was CO of a Squadron (possibly the F-14 RAG) at Miramar in the 70's
    Information is Requested.
  • LTJG Norman Lee Bundy
    Born: Jan. 26, 1941 Died: Sept. 6, 1966 (North Vietnam)
  • John Lee D'Amico ADJ3
    Died May 23,1995 of a heart attack
  • Ron Datka - Information from family has been requested
  • LT Richard Dieterich
    Died 1957 or 1958 on a VFP-62 mission over Lebanon(information requested)
  • Ed Duffy
    Born 26 Jul 1945 and died 25 Feb 1988
  • Carl Dugger
    Died circa 2000 (information requested)
  • LT Wyatte Foard (1962 Rank)
    Died March 28, 2007 Atlanta, GA
    buried Naval Cemetery Pensacola (information requested)
  • Leslie M. Holst
    Died September 29, 2007
  • Capt. W.C. Larry
    Died ???? (information requested)
  • LCDR John M. McCall
    Born 1930 - Died Feb. 19, 1964
  • LTJG John Richard Richardson
    Born Feb. 9, 1935 Died April 8, 1963
  • Dale Smading ADJ 3
    Born Jan 9, 1938: Died in 2004 from a brain tumor
  • Cdr. Bernard F. "Skip" Staub
    Born October 4, 1935, Died Nov. 2, 2005
  • LT William L. Taylor
    Born unknown, Died: December 28, 2006
  • CDR Richard Keith Thomas
    Born unknown, Died 1983
  • Ken Tuel PN Det 43 (See "Faces of VFP-62" Page 6)
    Born ?? Aprox 69 yrs old in 2007: Died in early 2000's.
    Michigan City Indiana
    If you have more details, email the Webmaster
  • LT Christopher B. Wilhelmy III
    Born: Oct. 23,1935
    Died Feb. 17, 1966 flying a T28 (updated Dec. 27, 2006)
  • CDR George Winslow
    Born ?,?,1924 Died ?,?,1996
 
 
 

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