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NATIONAL FLIGHT LOG   
CDR RAYMOND WILLIAM WEST, USN
CDR RAYMOND WILLIAM WEST, USN


CDR RAYMOND WILLIAM WEST, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 3786

Service Date In: 06/22/1942 Date of Birth: 07/13/1923
Service Date Out: 07/01/1967
Aviation Designation Naval Aviator
State/College Attended
City, State Lenore,ID

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Distinguished Flying Cross

Theaters/Campaigns:
WWII Korea Vietnam

Aircraft:
F4U
F6F
AD
F9F-8B
A4D

Ship/Units/Deployments:
VA-52 CO
USS Ranger (CVA-61)
COMCARDIV 7

Associations/Service Organizations:
Tailhook Assn.
Daedalions
Assn. of Naval Aviation
Naval Aviation Museum Fdn.
Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner

Significant Achievements:
Night carrier qualified aboard USS Ranger. Landed aboard 15 different carriers. Lead only flight ever launched and recovered off Cape Horn - USS Lexington 1962. Made 11 deployments to the Pacific. CO VA-52.


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