named Vietnam USS Midway jacket (V2-2 Catapult crew) sweet patches

[ocsfollowme]

I have had this jacket for a while now, back in my days when I was finishing up my docent training on board the USS Midway (never finished my final walk through due to my basic training date coming sooner than planned).

 

This is named. Reno RD. It has the service number, appears to be a social, but I am not sure if the person is still living so I am not posting it. I purchased this off of eBay back around 2008.

 

5x great patches on this gem. 2x Golf of Tonkin type yacht/hunting patches.

 

The real gem is the V-2 CVA-41 patch...it measures about 11" in width.

 

USS Midway was designated CV"A"-41 on 1 October 1952.

 

I will be getting rid of all of my USS Midway items soon.

 

[ocsfollowme]

[RustyCanteen]

Very nice. That is a utility jacket, which was worn from about 1971-1978.

[JerseyDevil117]

that cva-41 patch is really cool

[Bearmon]

Very nice jacket, great patches, especially the Cats patch on the back.. some of the Catapult patches are the coolest.

[firefighter]

Great looking jacket and patches.

[RustyCanteen]

There is a very good chance that was worn during Frequent Wind.

 

RC

[firefighter]

Can we get close ups of the large back patch, especially the F-8 Crusader?

[ocsfollowme]

Here is a scan. Hard to get it flat on the scanner. "NF" on the tail. I really love the green swamp monster.

 

[Bearmon]

Tail code NF was on the Midway in 1973 this is from WiKi:

 

In 1973, CVW-5 embarked on USS Midway (CVA-41) to become part of the first carrier/air wing team permanently forward deployed, to Yokosuka, Japan. The wing completed 111 continuous days on station in the North Arabian Sea in 1984, which the wing's official site describes as 'guarding the Straits of Hormuz and guaranteeing the continued flow of vital oil to Japan and Western Europe.

 

Also I think the plane is an A7 Corsair not an A8

[ocsfollowme]

Jacket worn from 1971-1978.

 

NF was used from April 1971 for the next few decades. The A-7 was flown into the 1980s with the NF.

 

http://www.midwaysailor.com/midway/cruises.html

[Bearmon]

CVW 5 used tail code NF, and they were on the Midway from 1973 onward...

[ocsfollowme]

Cvw-5 were on the midway in april of 1971 says the latest nk that I shared.

[firefighter]

Thats what I wanted to look at, the tail code on the F-8.

 

 

VFP-63 Det 3 flew off the Midway on her '71 & '72 WESTPAC cruises.They flew RF-8G's.

They had 2 combat losses on their '72 cruise.

[Bearmon]

Your guy doesn't appear in the 71 or 73 or 75 yearbooks.. are you sure on the name? Closest last name I found was Rich..

first intial R.

[Patchcollector]

I agree with FF,the bird on that patch looks like an F-8,not an A-7.

[ocsfollowme]

I finally got around to this jacket. I emailed the Midway records office and they gave me the list of Reno's.

 

DR Reno 1979-80 – S-6 Div

David Reno 1974 – R Div (engineering)

1stLt/USMC – Rick W. Reno – 1974 – VCMJ-1 Det 101

(no first name) Reno – 1976-78 – V-1 Div

(no first name) Reno 1979-80 – VA-56

 

I do have his SSN though. Not sure how best to ID this fellow. Any thoughts?