Year1946

1946 Boss Lcdr. R.M. "Butch" Voris

Lt. "Al" Taddeo, Lt. Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll, Lt. Cmdr. R.M. "Butch" Voris, Lt. Mel Cassidy, and Lt. (jg) Ross Robinson. Photo taken at Grumman in early August 1946. We were on the Grumman flight line preparing to pick up our new F8F Bearcats. Capt. R.M. "Butch" Voris, USN, Ret.

L-R: Lt. Mel Cassidy, Lt. Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll, Lt. Cmdr. R.M. "Butch" Voris, Lt. "Al" Taddeo, and Lt. (jg) Ross Robinson. The team was awarded this trophy for most outstanding aerial performance at the June 15, 1946 Southeastern Air Show and Exhibition. This air show was held at Craig Field, NAS Jacksonville, Florida, and it was their first public performance.

L-R Lt. "Al" Taddeo, Lt.(jg) Gale Stouse, Lt. Cmdr. R.M. "Butch" Voris, Lt. Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll and Lt. (jg) Mel Casidy

1946 MAINTENANCE CREW

Lt. Cmdr. R.M. "Butch" Voris (in the cockpit) L-R: Lt. Al Taddeo, Lt. "Wick" Wickendoll, Lt. (jg) Billy May.

NAS Oakland, October 10, 1946 L-R: Lt. Cmdr. R.M. "Butch" Voris, Lt. Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll, Lt. (jg) Billy May, Lt. J.W. Barnitz

Capt. Stephen A. Turcotte, Commanding Officer, NAS Jacksonville Capt. Roy M. "Butch" Voris, U.S. Navy, Ret. Capt. Patrick Driscoll, Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy Blue Angels

3 Of The First Maintenance Crew (1946) At 2000 Reunion (L to R) Leo J. Johnson AMM 2 Edward O. Swearingen AMM 1 Robert N. Boudreaux AMM 3