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CalandLinda · 06-13-2020, 07:33 PM

My second duty station in the Navy was at Naval Air Station Alameda, CA. The squadron was VP-9 and the aircraft designation was P2V-7.

The old picture is of the squadron’s Aircraft Division. It was taken in 1959, I’m seated far left.

Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL has a restored P2V-7 on display in their large aircraft display area just inside the main gate. Behind it is an F-14 from VF-84. It has the paint scheme used in the movie, "The Final Countdown"; filmed - in part - aboard the USS Nimitz. I was a flight deck maintenance chief for Carrier Air Wing 8 on the Nimitz when that movie was made. I got to meet Kirk and his son Peter Douglas while they were aboard for movie scenes.

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In the VP-9 picture I was 20. In the CVW8 picture I was 40. After a total of 31 years, I retired at age 49.

06-13-2020, 07:33 PM	#11
CalandLinda Montana Master Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Taylors Posts: 562 M.O.C. #15948	Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA My second duty station in the Navy was at Naval Air Station Alameda, CA. The squadron was VP-9 and the aircraft designation was P2V-7. The old picture is of the squadron’s Aircraft Division. It was taken in 1959, I’m seated far left. Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL has a restored P2V-7 on display in their large aircraft display area just inside the main gate. Behind it is an F-14 from VF-84. It has the paint scheme used in the movie, "The Final Countdown"; filmed - in part - aboard the USS Nimitz. I was a flight deck maintenance chief for Carrier Air Wing 8 on the Nimitz when that movie was made. I got to meet Kirk and his son Peter Douglas while they were aboard for movie scenes. In the VP-9 picture I was 20. In the CVW8 picture I was 40. After a total of 31 years, I retired at age 49.