CDR JOHN M. ROCHFORD, USN
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CDR JOHN M. ROCHFORD, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 3871
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| Service Date In: |
01/01/1951 |
Date of Birth: |
12/11/1930 |
| Service Date Out: |
01/01/1978 |
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| Aviation Designation |
Naval Aviator |
| State/College Attended |
Naval PG School |
| City, State |
Camarillo,CA
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Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
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Theaters/Campaigns:
Korea Vietnam
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Aircraft:
AD C-1 C-118 T-33 T-28
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Ship/Units/Deployments:
USS Ticonderoga VR-21
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Associations/Service Organizations:
Tailhook Assn. Naval Aviation Museum Fdn. Ticonderoga Veterans Org. VR-21 Veterans Org.
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Significant Achievements:
After retirement, became civilian flight instructor, charter pilot and company pilot. Total flight hrs. 17,890. Navy flt. hrs. 8,500- 1.3 in F-8 Joint 1,000 mile per hr. club. Helped shoot down 2 LA-7 off Hinan Island 1954. Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Independence ADs 1962.
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