1949

Boss Lcdr. Dusty Rhodes

Front row, Pilots: Lt. "Mac" MacKnight, Lt. Hal Heagerty, Lt. Jake Robcke,
Lt. Cmdr. Dusty Rhodes, Lt. (jg) Fritz Roth, Lt. George Hoskins

Rear row: AD3 Cecil Fortune, AE1 Eddie Ryan, AD2 Howard Hoffman, Chief E.R. Cook, AD2 Andrew Nielson, AD2 C.W. Birch, AD1 L.E. "Jack" McCarthy

L-R: Lt. Ralph Hanks; Lt. (jg) Fritz Roth; Lt. Cmdr. "Dusty" Rhodes; Lt. George Hoskins; Lt.Jake Robcke; Lt. Cmdr. A.R. "Hawk" Hawkins

Lt. Cmdr. "Dusty" Rhodes standing in front of F8F-1 Bearcat, briefing a flight demonstration maneuver to four of his pilots, NAS Pensaola, 7Jul49.

L-R: Lt. Hal Heagerty, Lt. Cmdr. "Dusty" Rhodes, Lt. (jg) Fritz Roth, Lt. Jake Robcke, Lt. George Hoskins.


Blues standing next to F9F-2 Panther with Life Photographer Mr. Jay Eyerman.

L-R: Lt. (jg) Fritz Roth, Lt. Bob Longworth, Lt. Cmdr. Johnny Magda, Jay Eyerman, Lt. Cmdr. R.E. "Dusty" Rhodes - Fight leader, Lt. Jake Robcke, Lt. Cmdr. A.R. "Hawk" Hawkins, Lt. George Hoskins.

 

LAST

FIRST

RANK/RATE

Rhodes

Dusty

LCDR

Graham

Frank

LCDR

Hawkins

Ray

LCDR

Magda

Johnny

LCDR

Newhafer

Dick

LCDR

Belt

Bob

LT

Heagerty

Hal

LT

Hoskins

George

LT

Longworth

Bob

LT

MacKnight

Mac

LT

Mahood

Ed

LT

Oliphant

Ed

LT

Robcke

Jake

LT

Roth

Fritz

LTJG

Baxter

B.

ADC

Coe

Walter

ADC

Cook

E.R.

ADC

Kelley

Thomas

ADC

Sleight

Fred

ADC

Allen

Frank

AD1

McCarthy

Jack

AD1

Miller

D.R.

AD1

Ryan

Eddie

AE1

Walton

Byron

AD1

Birch

C.W.

AD2

Hoffman

Howard

AD2

Hudgins

Henry

AD2

Nielson

Andrew

AD2

Strawn

M.

AD2

Fortune

Cecil

AD3

La-Barbera

Anthony

AD3