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Description: The caption of this photograph published in the USNAS Jax Air News states: "E" Pilots All—Pilots of VF-11, the "Red Rippers" squadron, have reached aviation's hall of fame with every pilot garnering an "E" in annual competitive dive high angle loft bombing—the first 100 percent in history. Left to right, kneeling: Comdr. Ed Feightner, skipper; Lcdr. Bud Gear, executive officer; Lt(jg) Chester Stewart; Lt. Merle Rice; Lt(jg) Richard O'Connor; and Lt. Ed Trzcinski. Standing (left to right) Ensign William Rogers, Lt.(jg) Al Brackenbusch, Lt. David Reilly, Lt.(jg) Eugene Crouch, Lt. Rex Verglund, Lcdr. William Stewart, Lt.(jg) Richard Gordon, and Lt. Calvin Lee.
Title: VF11 Rippers Aerial Bombing 1956
Credit: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028307/00566/
Author: Unknown US Navy photographer
Permission: The photo was published in a US Navy newspaper in 1956. It is a US Navy photo of the VF-11 squadron.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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