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Started by William L Wilkerson. Last reply by Lawrence (Ski) Grumboski Apr 9, 2012.

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Comment by Bill Armstrong on March 30, 2014 at 4:32pm: Newsletter update. We also lost a Plane and Crew on a Med Cruise in January 1970. Rainy cold night, only one cable, and a plane with engine problems. We were getting 100% out of one engine and only 90% out of the other, full AB from both. The plane missed the cable, took off and barrel rolled over a Russian Trawler into the sea. Searched all night and half of the next day with no results. Lost CDR Richard Barnes and LTJG Curtis Wolf RVAH%2013%20.pdf

Comment by Donald Estes on March 30, 2014 at 3:43pm: Joined RVAH-13 in 1964 as air intelligence officer. Deployed to Vietnam on board USS Kitty Hawk 1965-66. Subsequently joined Wing (RVAW-1), working for Joe LaRocca (senior intel) with Dave Sullivan, under command of CAPT Fowler. Both good tours-great friends and memories. In my 31 years in the Navy--these years were probably the most defining in my career. My thanks to the RVAH community--it will always have a special place in my heart. God bless to all.

Comment by Steve Ewing on March 24, 2014 at 4:48pm: I've put together a few ideas about how to search for that buddy we all lost contact with years ago when they or we shipped out to a new duty station or left the service..

1) Did you check here on Reccenet to see if they've "shipped over with us? Click on Shipmates in the menu at the top of the page (or click this link: Shipmates!) and enter their first or last name in the search box and click the magnifying glass icon (or just hit the enter key on your keyboard) and you'll see any and all matching that name who are registered here on Reccenet.

I2) f you know their approximate age and where they were from or where they went after the Navy you can get leads from this website without paying them for everything they may know: http://www.intelius.com/

3) There's the "Buddy Finder" on military.com

4) I've had luck just typing the name in a websearch like google.com.

5) If you belong to facebook or an other social media site you can sometimes find folks there. Just recently I found a former Heavy 6 and 12 sailor on facebook when I finally managed to spell his last name correctly. ;-)

Comment by Steve Ewing on March 13, 2014 at 2:46pm: If anyone is trying to find a "long lost buddy" send me an email to rvahroster@gmail.com and I'll look and see if we have anything on them. I can't release their info, but I will email them (if they have a current email address on record) and let them know you're looking for them. Tell me in the email what you're willing for me to give your old shipmate for contact info (email. phone, snailmail address). Then it's up to them to try and contact you back (If they don't respond or hide even better there's nothing I can do).

Comment by David Bennett on March 1, 2014 at 3:36pm: You're not wrong. In 1973, Reconnaissance Attack Wing 1 began relocation from NAS Albany to NAS Key West in preparation for eventual closure of the base in Georgia. All RECONATKRON squadrons had relocated to NAS Key West by late 1974. They were decommissioned over a six-year period that coincided with the phased retirement of the RA-5C. RAW-1 went away in early 1980, following decommissioning of the last Vigie squadron, RVAH-7.

Comment by Richard Aldrich on March 1, 2014 at 1:57pm: somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but, were the RVAH squadrons ever stationed at NAS Key West? It might have been as a VAH squadron, before the RA5C's! I'm down here in the Keys and would love to uncover some history of the squadrons, down here.

Comment by Donald Gale Rudd on February 18, 2014 at 6:03pm: Joined the RVAH-13 Squadron from NAS Pensacola, Fl. in June of l964. Was assigned as the Classified Material Control Yeoman when I joined the squadron. The Officer I worked for was LCDR Griffin, the Admin. Officer of the Squadron, between him & LTJG Walters couldn't have worked for such fine officers, they treated me as just another person & with respect. Was really suprised about the next cruise when they were lost, such a great loss. Ran into Richard Aldridge here on the net & was very suprised. Have to send him a e-mail down in Florida. Great to read all these comments about the old squadron, was informed last year about SK3 Jim Ellers dying, he was probably know around the heavy attach area, he & his wife Yosiko were our best friends. Ran into him in Pensacola, Fl back around 1996 & he only lived about a mile from me, small world. Good to see all the comments & remember old times

Comment by Frederick Drew on February 2, 2014 at 3:58pm: I went from RVAH-13 to Photo "B" school and then to run the photo lab at ComNavMarianas on Guam (I won an award for the Best News Photo of 1968 by the local Press Assn. then to ComCruDesLant in Newport Rhode Island- then home. Lastly I went to work for US Customs as a law enforcer for 30 years and retired minus two legs at 50 yrs old. Now doing OK drop me a note when coming to the best beach in the U.S. Fred

Comment by Frederick Drew on February 2, 2014 at 3:48pm: I live down near Brownsville, Texas - Stop in and say Hi.

Ted Drew

Comment by Frederick Drew on February 2, 2014 at 3:47pm: Happy New Year from the PI - Ted - Fred Drew