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"I was aboard the "Sara" from 1962 to 1964, assigned to the V1 division. Made 1 Med cruise in 63. During carrier quals in December 63, I was blown from the flight deck by the jet blast from an F8. Spent approximately 1 1/2 hours in the wqater and…"
I was assigned to HS-1 from 1970 to 1972 as an AZ-1 in the Maintenance department.
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blown from the flight deck can't imagine what that was like quite a fall and then an hour and a half in the water i'd still been having nightmares. luckily the movie jaws hadn't been out yet. you could write a book on that one experience.