"TIGER'S CLAW"
F-8C Crusader BuNo 146961 #103 / AK
USS INTREPID (CVS-11), CVW-10
Vietnam, September 9th, 1968. LT Athony Nargi
Fighter Squadron 162 (VF-162) "The Hunters"
Established on 1 September 1960 . disestablished on 29 January 1971
USS INTREPID (CVA 11), CVG-6 1960-1963 (operating F4D-1)
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), CVW-16 1963-1969 (operating F-8A & F-8E)
USS TICONDEROGA (CVS 14), CVW-16 1969-1970 (operating F-8J)
USS SHANGRI-LA (CVS 38), CVW-8 1970 (operating F-8H)
FIGHTER SQUADRON 162 (VF-162) "The Hunters"
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), CVW-16
Vietnam, Oct.9, 1966. Cdr Richard M. Bellinger shot down a MiG-21
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
A Flight 209 Squadron. France, 1918
Captain Arthur Roy Brown
1893 - 1944. Credited with 12 victories including Manfred Von Richthofen
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
C Flight 28 Squadron. France, 1917
Captain William “Billy” Barker (vc)
1894 - 1930. Credited with 41 victories (RCAF)
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
Number 46 Squadron. France, 1918
Major Donald Roderick MacLaren
1893 - 1988. Credited with 54 victories (RCAF)
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
Number 70 Squadron. France, 1917
Captain Clive Franklyn Collett
1886 - 1917. Credited with 11 victories (New Zealand)
FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT FOUR
VF-84 "Vagabonds / Jolly Rogers"
USS Independence (CVA 62). CVG-7, 1962
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE ELEVEN (VF-111) "Sundowners"
USS Intrepid (CVS-11), CVW-10
Vietnam, June 4th, 1968 . February 8th, 1969
Pilot Lt Anthony Nargi, shot down a MiG-21 on Sep. 9th, 1968
MARINE NATIONALE . FRENCH NAVY
AÉRONAUTIQUE NAVALE Flottille 12.F
BAN Landivisiau, 1994
"50 ans du D-Day"
FIGHTER SQUADRON TWO FOUR
VF-24 "Fighting Red Checkertails"
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31). Vietnam July 21st, 1967
MIG-17 downed by Cdr Marion Isaacks,