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THIS PAGE HAS PICTURES OF VS-891 & ITS MEMBERS FROM 1960 - 1970

IF PICTURES BECOME AVAILABLE FROM EARLIER / LATER YEARS THEY WILL BE INCLUDED.

IF PICTURES FROM SISTER SQUADRONS BECOME AVAILABLE THEY TOO WILL BE ADDED TO THIS SITE.

TO SEE LARGER IMAGE OF PICTURES MOVE CURSER OVER PICTURE

If you have pictures you would like to have added please contact:

Allen Michler at:    allen@amichler.com

509-932-0570

Allen E Michler
842 Desert Aire Drive N
Mattawa, WA  99349

 

                                                     

 VS-891 Squadron Logo - The left is a small patch, the right is a decal

                                                     

NAVY AIR CREW WINGS on the left and NAVY PILOT WINGS on the right

 

 

 

VS-891 ACTIVATED - BERLIN BUILDUP

(AFTER BERLIN WALL STARTED GOING UP) 

                

 

VS-891 ACTIVATION DAY 02 October 1961










VS-891 ACTIVATION DAY 02 October 1961 Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squadron Photo sometime mid 1962

SQUADRON CHIEFS

Left to right Air Crew Chief Francis C Berger ADRC , Line Chief John B Conway AMSC, Blair L Bourgeois AMSCA, Harold D Chapman AOC, George L White , James W Hinterberger ADRCA, Gerson M Goldman AOC, David G Kelly ADRCA, Ralph O Wunderle ADRC, Leading Chief James D Grubb ADRC, Beverly V Phillips ADRC, AT Chief ?, AE Chief Edward R Calhoun AEC

     






Posten & unkown friend top of Space Needle 1962 Worlds Fair




Posten, Lemer (?), Kottke at 1962 Worlds Fair





Posten, ?, Leach at 1962 Worlds Fair






S2F Cutaway drawing











AVIONICS DIVISION 1962 in dungarees & whites - LT McAvoy was Div Officer





Officers & enlisted in front of STOOF - Do not know which Division












VS-891 Line early 1962 after a snow







VS-891 Electricians





AE2 Vincent & AE2 Arnie Stray going on a flight





VS-891 STOOFS on a night Field Landing Mirror Practice (FLMPs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VS-891 STOOFs over Yorktown prior to landing and commencing carrier quals 3-6 jULY 1962

                        FOLLOWING PICTURES OF CARRIER QUALS TAKEN BY ARNIE STRAY 







Arriving over Yorktown






At the Break





Catching a wire






Ever present RESCAP





Looking for the wire





 Ready to go





This way.......





Going for a wire





Ho Hum, this is easy





Waveoff





Wire number 3......





Vultures Row





Takeoff






Takeoff





Landing





Still here, if needed





RESCAP day is done





VS-891 A/C spotted on Flight Deck 





VS-891 A/C spotted on Flight Deck 




VS-891 A/C spotted on Flight Deck 


  

VS-891 A/C spotted on Flight Deck 



                                                 
Prep for flight ops






VS-891 Skipper CMDR Walt Ring





Yorktown COD coming up





AD prep for takeoff





AD prep for takeoff






Yorktown Hanger Deck
                                                                                                          




Yorktown tugs





Prep for departure from Yorktown





Prep for departure from Yorktown





Chief Burger - Air Crew Chief





Departing Yorktown












        FOLLOWING PICTURES OF CARRIER QUALS TAKEN BY PAUL WEAVER






Yorktown from the air





Landing on Yorktown





Landing on Yorktown





Air OPS Yorktown





Catshot





Quals continue





Skipper Walt Ring with crew





XO LCDR Bill Hellsel





Yorktown at sea





Air Ops observers





Air Ops observers





Paul Weaver observing Air Ops





Yorktown at sea





VS-891 Aircrew





Paul Weaver ready to depart Yorktown


 


                Miscellaneous pictures taken during Carrier Quals

    





    

 LT Chuck Berg, LT Bill Krayer, AE2 Bob Tanska, ATN3 Allen Michler during Admiral's Inspection early 1962.  Various Divisions stood the inspection in dress blues, whites, etc and our crew was selected to stand it in flight suits.  CMDR Walt Ring (The Skipper) is following the Admiral.

 

VS-891 STOOF's in formation over the San Juan Islands 1962

 

Awards Ceremony - Presenting is CDR Bill Lynch, receiving are Chief Dave Kelly, A?2 Bomegen, AE3 Bob Tanska.

 

VS-891 football team 1962



 

At the Chief's Club 1962 NAS Seattle - Chief Burger bartending, LT Ralph McLaughlan, LT Dick Moffit, LT Bob McClain lining up for refresments.

Posten, ?, Leach at World's Fair 1962





Posten, LEMER(?), Kottke at World's Fair 1962








Posten & unkown friend at top od Space Needle World's Fair 1962

  

S2F wing fold mechanism

 

 VS-891 TWO WEEK CRUISE

NAS BARBERS POINT AUGUST 1965

 

  

VS-891 waiting to board Marine C-130 at Sandpoint (NAS Seattle) for trip to NAS Barbers Point August 1965

     

VS-891 waiting to board C-130 at NAS Alameda after stop to pick up additional passengers while flying to NAS Barbers Point August 1965

      

STOOFs from VS-891 over Diamond Head August 1965 while doing two week cruise at NAS Barbers Point.

        

LCDR Chuck Berg & AW1 Allen Michler NAS Barbers Point August 1965



 





ATN3 Michler, AE3 Hansen, LCDR Chuck Berg, LTJG Undeen NAS Barbers Point August 1965 preparing for flight      

 

ATN3 Allen Michler sitting with anchor from USS Arizona Honolulu August 1965.  Anchor is now in a museum and can only be viewed , not touched.



 

Arizona Memorial August 1965

 

  

Pilots and Aircrew being pulled from water by helicopter NAS Barbers Point August 1965

 

Nuke sub operating in Hawaiian Islands spotted while on flight in and around Ohau August 1965
Diamond Head from a VS-891 STOOF





A nice waitress at the Hoffbrau let her picture be taken with me (that's it, no sea story to go with it) 




    PHOTOS FROM OVER THE YEARS

        NAS SEATTLE 1960 - 1969

 





AT2 Steve Norman, LCDR Chuck Berg, ATN2 Allen Michler NAS Seattle (Sandpoint) mid 60's





LCDR Chuck Berg waiting for an airplane






NAS Seattle (Sandpoint) transit line - A hawkeye on a RON - Note Blue Angle A4Ds in background - The Blue Agles were there for the Hydro plane races & I suspect the Hawkeye crew was too !! 

   AD Skyraider  - Picture taken mid 60's on transit ramp at AS Seattle - Sandpoint was a popular place for RONs

 

  An F4 Phantom II at NAS Alameda transit ramp1965 - I had my head buried somewhere and took this picture and others.  Driving away I realized I could have been in big trouble taking unauthorized pictures on a military installation without proper authorization.   Given the year I figured it was soon to head for Vietnam.





A4D taxing for takeoff at NAS Alameda - ADR2 Bob Brewer watching in foreground.  we were enroute to North Island for a two week cruise or  ...............

AR Michler's Bootcamp.  A number of these "MEN" were in VS-891 and activated in 1962.  Some of them were from the Twin-Cities and their squadron was activated and filled VS-891 to bring it up to strength.

AR Michler Oct 1960 (AT Striker) at Memphis NAS Boot Camp




FALLON FIELD, MESA, AZ
APRIL 2010




Paul Weaver & Allen Michler poking around Fallon Field checking out S2Fs returned by Japan.





Paul &  Lois Weaver






STOOFS on hold for ?




STOOFS on hold for ?



       

Allen Michler & Paul Weaver





Yes, those were the days..



  

Sonobuoy anyone ?





A familiar sight





Where are the electricians when you need them ?





Pictures of Sandpoint








Skyline Seattle 1962









Sandpoint circa 1920s















Sandpoint circa 40s, 50 s, 60s












Sandpoint after it closed