USS Ticonderoga CV-14
Members of our Airgroups

CAPT, Frank M. McAfee, USNR
Date of Birth: 4/4/1917
Date In: 1/1/1938
Date Out: 1/1/1964
City, State: Rome, GA
School Attended: Young Harris Col

 NFL Number: 2200
Aircraft Flown: F6F F4U F2H
Ship or Unit: USS Ticonderoga USS Hancock CO NARTU, Norfolk VA
Pilot Desg.: Naval Aviator
Theaters, Campaigns, etc.: WWII, Pacific

Associations/Service Organizations: TROA NRA Naval Av. Mus. Foun Assn of Naval Avia.
Highest personal decoration or award: Dist. Flying Cross
Significant Achievements: Asst Chief of Staff, CNARESTRA w/ national responsibility for NAVCAD procurement and Public Relations. Participated in first attack on Tokyo, 2/16/45.

LT, Leslie B. Case Jr., USNR
Date of Birth: 10/21/1923
Date In: 12/16/1942
Date Out: 12/28/1955
City, State: Gulf Breeze, FL
School Attended: Loyola Univ of S.

 NFL Number: 624
Aircraft Flown: SB2C SB2A SBD F6F SNJ
Ship or Unit: USS Ticonderoga VB-80 2/1/1944 USS Hancock, VB-80 2/1/1945 NAS Chinco VB-75 6/1/1945
Pilot Desg.: Naval Aviator#7063
Theaters, Campaigns, etc.: Asia

Associations/Service Organizations: Nav Av Museum Fdn
Highest personal decoration or award: Dist. Flying Cross
Significant Achievements: 1,200 flight hours and 97 carrier landings.

LCDR, George J. Walsh, USNR
Date of Birth: 4/18/1921
Date In: 6/1/1941
Date Out: 6/1/1958
City, State: Garden City, NY
School Attended:

 NFL Number: 443
Aircraft Flown: SB2C SBD F6F OS2U J4F
Ship or Unit: USS Ticonderoga VB-80 USS Hancock
Pilot Desg.: Naval Aviator
Theaters, Campaigns, etc.:

Associations/Service Organizations: Navy League U.S. Naval Institute Naval Reserve Assn Nav Av Museum Fdn
Highest personal decoration or award: Dist Flying Cross
Significant Achievements: 4 happy children and 3 grand- children.

LT, Edward E. Hendrickson, USN
Date of Birth: 11/14/1920
Date In: 5/23/1942
Date Out: 11/20/1945
City, State: Clifton, ME
School Attended: B.S. Ind. Arts

 NFL Number: 1958
Aircraft Flown: SB2C SBD F6F FM2 SNJ
Ship or Unit: VB-80 VB-152 USS Ticonderoga
Pilot Desg.: Carrier Pilot
Theaters, Campaigns, etc.: Asiatic-Pacific

Associations/Service Organizations:
Highest personal decoration or award: Air Medal
Significant Achievements: Dean of Students at Northern Maine Technical College. M.Ed. degree. Shot down a Japanese plane while flying an SB2C dive bomber off of CV-14 in November, 1944.

CAPT, Donald W. Monson, USN
Date of Birth: 11/4/1919
Date In: 6/1/1942
Date Out: 6/1/1974
City, State: Pinehurst, NC
School Attended: GeoWashington Univ

 NFL Number: 368
Aircraft Flown: SBC-3 SBD SB2C AD-1 S2F SBD SB2C AD-1 S2F
Ship or Unit: USS Ticonderoga USS Hancock USS Yorktown
Pilot Desg.: Naval Aviator
Theaters, Campaigns, etc.: Pacific

Associations/Service Organizations: Assn of Nav Aviation Nav Av Museum Fdn
Highest personal decoration or award: Dist. Flying Cross
Significant Achievements: 700 carrier landings.

CAPT, Louis L. Bangs, USN
Date of Birth: 1/25/1915
Date In: 9/16/1940
Date Out: 9/1/1964
City, State: ,
School Attended:Emporia
 NFL Number: 952
Aircraft Flown: SBD F6F F9F F2H F4H
Ship or Unit: USS Enterprise USS Bennington USS Ticonderoga
Pilot Desg.: Naval Aviator
Theaters, Campaigns, etc.: Pacific

Associations/Service Organizations:Legion of Valor Golden Eagles Assn of Nav Aviation SanDiegoAerospaceMus Nat Museum of Nav Av
Highest personal decoration or award: Navy Cross
Significant Achievements: CO-VB80, CO-VA23A, CO Jet-Photo Recon Sqdn. VC-61, CO Air Group 9, CO NAS Olathe, Ks, Program Manager F4H-1 Phantom II. Winner Conway Trophy.

Other members
Rank - NameAircraftUnitNotes
Lt Cdr CE Ingalls, JrF6F-5,-5N,-5PVF-87 
Cdr P.W. MaxwellF6F-5VBF-87Maxwell was killed on 24 July '45
Lt Cdr W.A. HaasF6F-5VBF-87Haas (first USN VF pilot to shot down a A6M2 while in VF-42 at Coral Sea) took over.
Lt Cdr BA MilesTBM-3EVT-87 
Cdr E.L. Phares  Commander Air Group 87
Ltjg Nomejko, Kazimierz Kare  VF-801 kill
Ensign D.V. Parker VT-80dropped torpedo that hit Japanese ship Yashojima 25 November 1944;
Ens P.J. Manella VF-80 
John R. "Dugan" Doyle  VB-80 
Capt. Bill Klenk  VB-80 
George Center VB-80