What with Veterans Day 2011 approaching, thought I'd drop this in...many thanks to Sky-Pig (and others) for the research available on several sites.
P4M-1Q BUNO 124365 JQ-16
01/19/1960
CREWNAMES: KILLED: (16) LCDR Franklin B. Moore, Pilot. LCDR Warren J. Hampton, Pilot. LT Thomas H. Edgerton, Nav. LTJG Donald C. Mcintyre, Eval. LTJG Robert E. Ogden, Eval. AD1 Joseph A. Cote, P/C. AN Billy C. Sullivan, 2nd Mech. AT1 Marvin A. Radtke, Radio Op. ATC John M. Boling, Radar Op. AE1 Murphy J. Martinez Jr. F/E. AM3 Rex H. Gregory, Flight Structural Mech. AO2 Richard C. Nuzum, Flight Ord. AT2 John M. Criswell, ECM Op. AT3 Francis E. Tomkowski, ECM Op. AQ2 Richard D. Crittenden, ECM Op, AT2 Harold L. Berg, ECM Op.
Boling was electronics shop chief...I worked closely with Crittenden (fellow AQ, radar operator)...I'd flown with Cdr Moore...was a FNG in squadron, only recently on flight skins, etc.
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WV-2Q BUNO 131390 JQ-15
05/22/1962
NAVY CREWNAMES: KILLED: (22) LCDR Conner M. Petrie JR. Pilot. LT Jack L. Duvall, Pilot. LTJG Marvin R. Armstrong, NAV. LCDR Charles A. Patschke, Eval. LTJG Robert Poole, Eval. ADRCA Eugeno George, F/E. ADR2 Michael Kostiuk, 2ND F/E. ATCA Jared M. Rose, ECM Op. ATCA Thomas E. Young, ECM Op. AT1 Gene P. Bartram, ECM Op. AM1 Martin J. Brennan, ECM Op. AMH1 Gerhard K. Heimerl, Flight Stuctural. AT2 Donald R. Ballard, ECM Op. AT2 Gerald R. Carlton, ECM Op. AT2 Jamos W. Tyler, ECM Op. AT2 Ronald P. Wajda, ECM Op. ATR3 Edward N. Hawkins, ECM Op. ATS3 Orville R. Malone, ECM Op. AE3 Timothy D. Steward, ECM Op. ATN3 Lee P. Strong, ECM Op. ATR3 Joseph H. Watkins, ECM Op. ATRAN Gilbert J. Austin, ECM Op.
ARMY CREWNAMES: KILLED (4) SP5 F.L. Breshears, Intel Op. SP5 R.J. Hoos, Intel Op. SP4 E.M. Mcgreal, Intel Op. SP4 R.A. Lewis, Intel Op.
Was on Cdr Petrie's crew...had I not PCS'ed to P'cola for flight training...???
During the Cuban Missile crisis, late 1962, I was just beginning the Spad RAG (VA-45) at JAX. Drove into work one cold morning, wearing the bag, flight jacket, and khaki "pisscutter". Swung into the parking lot, and lo and behold!!...one of VQ-2's Connies parked on the ramp adjacent to the hanger.Through the fence onto the ramp, and began to "close" on the Connie. Most of the crew was aboard...excitedly hollering and waving me off...until I got "close in", and some old fellow crewmembers recognized the new Ensign...LOL!! Late for muster that morning.