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CAPT WILLIAM ROBERT O'CONNELL, USN
CAPT WILLIAM ROBERT O'CONNELL, USN


CAPT WILLIAM ROBERT O'CONNELL, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 3471

Service Date In: 01/01/1947 Date of Birth: 11/02/1927
Service Date Out: 01/01/1979
Aviation Designation Naval Aviator
State/College Attended University of Kansas
City, State Clifton,VA

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Distinguished Flying Cross w/Star

Theaters/Campaigns:
Korea/Vietnam

Aircraft:
AD-4
F9F
FJ-3
F-4

Ship/Units/Deployments:
VF-51 NAS Miramar, 1956-58
VF-213 NAS Miramar XO/CO, 1964-66
USS Enterprise, 1967-68

Associations/Service Organizations:
Flying Midshipmen
US Naval Institute
Naval Aviation Museum Fdn.

Significant Achievements:
Gift from grandchildren. 3,000 flight hrs. in F-4 Phantom. Served in Korea 1950-51 VA-55 aboard USS Valley Forge & Princeton. Vietnam 1965-66 Air Wing 11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk; 1967-68 Ops Officer USS Enterprise.

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