On the morning of October 23, 1962, Comdr. William B. Ecker, commanding officer of Light Photographic Squadron 62 (VFP-62), a detachment of which was temporarily based at NAS Boca Chica, Key West, Florida, led a flight of six RF-8A photo Crusaders on the
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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