"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)
Number 74 Squadron. France, 1917
Major Edward ”Mick” Mannock (vc)
1887 - 1918. Credited with 61 victories
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
Number 56 Squadron. France, 1917
Major James "Mac" McCudden (vc)
1895 - 1918. Credited with 57 victories
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
Number 60 Squadron. France, 1917
Captain W.A.“Billy” Bishop (VC)
credited with 72 victories, top Canadian ace of the IWW
Royal Flying Corps (WW1)
Number 56 Squadron. France, 1917
Captain Albert Ball (Victoria Cross)
14.08.1896 - 07.05.1917
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,
FIGHTER SQUADRON TWO FOUR
VF-24 "Fighting Red Checkertails"
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31). Vietnam May 19th, 1967
Lieutenant Commander Bobby C. Lee