VF-13 Nightcappers

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Patches Provided by
Dave "Sparrowhawk" Foley

SPECIAL THANKS !
For their help in developing
these Ship's Co. Pages
Leigh D. Allvord
M Div. * 1958-1960
Richard E. Binder
S3 Div. * 1974-1975
Dave "Sparrowhawk" Foley
V0 Div. * 1980-1983
John L. Hedinger
RVAH-1 * 1964-1967
OZ Div. * 1970-1974
Stanley Richardson
RVAH-12 * 1971

Cruise Books
These Cruise Books have been donated to the Independence Memorial Library for use in developing this site
1965 WestPac Cruise
John L. Hedinger
1966 / 1967 Med Cruise
John L. Hedinger
1974 / 1975 Med Cruise
Richard E. Binder

Computer
Special Thanks Also To
Michael Craven A Div. 62-65
For Upgrading My Old 486/66 To A HP 200 Maybe know I can Start To Put A Dent In My Back Log Of Names. So That I Will No Longer Need The Apology Below.

My Apologies
To those who have Sent their names and additional information that I have not added yet. The project has become very large and even though I work on it almost every day, it is impossible for me to keep up. I will continue to add the names and information as quickly as I can.

Thank You All
For Your Support
George W. Fetherman AN
V1 - Rep 8,
1958 - 1960

Let me know when you were aboard so I can add you to "Ships Company / Air Group / Marine Detachment Pages".

VF-13 was not a member of CVW-7
VF-41 was transitioning to the Phantom and was not ready to deploy.

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Name	Rate	Photo	Comments
Allen Roger Williams AA 1962			*
Edward “Ed” Regan AM2 1961 - 1962			I worked nite check in the squadron at the time. The evening prior to loading we could sense that something was happening, but we did not know what. We could not secure until all A/C were up. This was accomplished by about 0230. We were sent home and told to pack our gear and be back to work in an hour. That morning the Independence was is Mayport, and we loaded aboard. After the blockade was lifted and we returned to Mayport, we tied up in front of the Lexington. Unfortunately for VF-13, her airwing was onboard the Lex and going out for CQ’s. VF-13 off loaded from the Indy and loaded onboard the Lex. After all the flying we did during the blockade, all our pilots were Qual’ed. But the CAG Commander still wanted us to CQ with the airwing. There were some really ticked off people in VF-13. When the Lex left Mayport the next day for two weeks it was too rough the entire time to conduct flight op’s