VC-4 |
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 VC-4 - November 1944 John Gabbard |
 VC-4 Black Cougar - 1951 John Gabbard |
 VC-4 - Date Unknown John Gabbard |
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Patch No info yet. |
Sources David Weber |
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Handle 1950 -- Nightcappers Heritage No info yet. |
Home Ports 1970 ---- NAS Cecil Field, FL - (VC-4 Det Cecil Field) |
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Air Wings January 4 to March 5, 1949: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-6----F4U-5N----C----CV-41----Mediterranean Sea January 4 to March 5, 1949: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-6----F4U-5N----C----CV-41----Mediterranean Sea January 5 to March 23, 1950: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-4----F4U-5N----F----CV-41----Mediterranean Sea July 10, 1950 to November 10, 1950: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-7----F4U-5N----L----CV-41----Mediterranean Sea 10 January to 18 May 1951: VC-4----------CVG-6-----F2H-2N----C----CVB-42---Mediterranean Sea August 26 to October 8, 1952: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-6---F4U-5NL----C----CV-41----Mediterranean Sea December 1, 1952 to May 19, 1953: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-6----F3D-2/F2H-2B----C----CV-41----Mediterranean Sea April 26 to December 4, 1953: VC-4 Det ?----CVG-4----F2H-2, F3D-2, F4U-5N----F----CV-39---Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Korea September 28, 1954 to April 22, 1955: VC-4 Det ?----CVG-8----F2H-4----E----CV-39---Mediterranean Sea December 27, 1954 to July 14, 1955: VC-4 Det-5----CVBG-6----F2H-4----T----CV-41----World Cruise (Norfolk, Va. to NAS Alameda, Ca.) October 9, 1955 to April 30, 1956: VC-4 Det ?----CVG-6----F2H-4-------C----CV-39---Mediterranean Sea January to March 1956: VC-4 Det. 52--?????----AD-5--------?----CV-45---Caribbean (Operation Springboard) |
Aircraft Date Type First Received - - - - - - Type of Aircraft: 1949 ----------- Chance Vaught F4U-5N Corsair 1950 ----------- McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee (night fighter) 1952 ----------- Chance Vaught F4U-5NL Corsair 1952 ----------- Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight 1955 ----------- Douglas AD-5 Skyraider April 1, 1970------- Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk For A-4 Skyhawk aircraft assigned to this unit see lower in this page: |
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Events March 10, 1971: Lt(jg). Alfred Cisneros, 25, ejected safely Wednesday from his A-4C Skyhawk (BuNo 147688) after experiencing engine trouble and landed in a swampy area near Edenton Airport (NC) enroute from NAS Oceana, VA to FL. The Bee, Danville, VA, Thursday, Mar. 11, 1971. "I was enroute to Jacksonville, FL from NAS Oceana in VA. I had reached F310 in the middle of a nor'easter snowstorm and IMC when the engine tachometer wound down, followed by a flash of a fire warning. I called center and declared a flameout and began a descent. I began to lose control of the aircraft and saw the airspeed was increasing. At about 17,000 feet, 325 knots inverted I pilled the handle to eject. I only had a summer flight suit on as I tumbled and descended under the parachute through freezing rain, ice and snow. At about 4,000 feet I came out of the weather above the middle of a sound (Albemarle) near the VA and NC border. I was facing south, It was 28f outside. I could not use my right arm, was having trouble breathing. I could see white caps on the water. I remember thinking 'I am going to die.' I used my left arm to pull the riser to try and get away from the water and ultimately landed in pine trees on a bank of water and settled in a wet marsh area about 4 miles from Edenton Airport NC. An F-4 Phantom was flying at 500 feet and spotted my parachute which alerted a Coast Guard helicopter. A farmer in a Ford truck said to me 'Sonny are you alright?' I replied 'I'm alive.' The farmer left when the Coast Guard rescue helicopter took me away about 45 minutes later. I had hyperextended the cartilage in my legs and chest in addition to the damage in my right arm." Al Cisneros. |
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A-4 Skyhawk aircraft assigned to VC-4:
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