VIETNAM WAR PATCH, US NAVY VF-191 FIGHTER SQUADRON ( F-8 CRUSADER )
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VIETNAM WAR PATCH, US NAVY VF-191 FIGHTER SQUADRON ( F-8 CRUSADER ):
$12.98
- THIS ITEM MEASURES 4.25 IN X4 IN.
- US Navy VF-191entered the Vietnam war zone at the beginning of 1965, aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31). During their second deployment the following year, again aboard USS Bon Homme Richard, the squadron lost four pilots. Two were killed Lieutenant (jg) Edward D. Brown, 29 July 1965 and Lieutenant (jg) Gerald Green on 12 September 1965, and two were taken prisoner. On 27 October 1965, Lieutenant Dennis A. Moore\'s F8E was shot down about 5 miles west of the city of Hoa Binh. Moore was captured by the North Vietnamese and was held in various prisoner of war camps, including the infamous \"Hanoi Hilton\" complex in Hanoi. He was released in the general prisoner release in 1973. Later that year, Commander Howie Rutledge was shot down over the Thanh Hoa Province on 28 November 1965. During his capture, he managed to kill one of his would-be captors. He too was released in the general prisoner release in 1973. During the next three deployments, the squadron lost three more pilots. While aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) they lost Lieutenant Robert L. Millerwho was killed 7 March 1967 and Lieutenant Peter F. Cherney on 2 February 1968. Lieutenant John B. Martin was killed on 6 October 1970, operating from USS Oriskany (CV 34). The only recorded \'shoot down\' of the Vietnam war was on 9 July 1968 --Lieutenant Commander John B. Nichols III, in an F8-E, shot down a MiG-17.
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VIETNAM WAR PATCH, US NAVY VF-191 FIGHTER SQUADRON ( F-8 CRUSADER ):
$12.98