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VP-61 Crew

Crew 8

CREWs: VP-61 Crew 8 "...Information from my Father's (AMM1 Arthur "AJ" HELMA) personal collection. Eight Ball 8 Crew February 7th, 1944 in Shermans - San Diego..." Contributed by Don djhelma@comcast.net [28SEP2010]
CREWs: VP-61 Crew 8 "...Information from my Father's (AMM1 Arthur "AJ" HELMA) personal collection...8-Ball Eight (since there were eight of them in the crew) reported for duty on NAS Attu, Alaska - April 14, 1944. Back Row Left to Right: ENS (Co-Pilot) E. D. Skidmore, LT (PPC) R. L. Ashcroft, AMM1 (PC) A. J. Helma and ARM2 D. A. MacLeod. Back Row Left to Right: AOM3 H. R. Santschi, ENS (Navigator) J. P. Castleberry, ARM3 G. C. Seaton and AMM3 C. L. Brokos. December 22, 1944 - Crew-8 returned to NAS Whidbey Island, Washington where the squadron was disestablished and crew members were reassigned..." Contributed by Don djhelma@comcast.net [20SEP2009]

Crew Unknown

CREWs: VP-61 Crew Unknown "...VP-61 crew at NAS Dutch Harbor, Alaska 1945. From left: Cook, 2nde Mech; Skinner, 1st Radioman; Sweet, 1st Mech and Plane Captain; Edlerkin, Ordnance; Ingalis, 2nd Radioman. Courtesy Kenneth "Ray" Skinner, VP-45, VP-61 and VP-62. - (October 2009). Courtesy Alaska Historical Aviation Institute and National Park Service (Alaska) - War in the Aleutians 1942 - 1945 - Aleutian World War II National Historic Area 2009 Calendar..." Forwarded by Janis Kozlowski [17AUG2008]
CREWs: VP-61 Crew "...Left to Right: Ford, Photographer, Dean, RM, Copple, NAP, Delaney, 2nd Mech, and Griffin, 2nd RM..." Contributed by George Dean, Jr. z32942@yahoo.com [01DEC2000]
CREWs: VP-61 Crew "...Left to Right: Ford, Photographer, Dean, RM, Copple, NAP, Delaney, 2nd Mech, and Griffin, 2nd RM..." Contributed by George Dean, Jr. z32942@yahoo.com [01DEC2000]
CREWs: VP-61 Crew "...Griffin 2nd RM, Delaney 2nd Mech, Copple N.A.P, and Ford Photographer..." Contributed by George Dean, Jr. z32942@yahoo.com [10AUG2000]
CREWs: VP-61 Crew "...Griffin 2nd RM, Delaney 2nd Mech, Copple N.A.P, and Ford Photographer..." Contributed by George Dean, Jr. z32942@yahoo.com [10AUG2000]

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