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APH-5 VA-176 CARIBBEAN 1963

 

This APH-5 flight helmet belonged to Capt. Rupert Brooke of Attack Squadron 176 “Thunderbolts” during 1963-64 aboard USS Shangri-La (CV-38), flying Douglas AH-1 Skyraiders.

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In May 1963 the USS Shangri-La with VA-176 on board was tasked to patrol the Carribean Sea during the period of unresting political situations in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Later, in 1966, the squadron participated in its first Vietnam cruise aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11).

 

On 9th October 1966, Lt.(j.g.) William Patton managed to shoot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 with his 20mm cannon while flying a rescue mission over North Vietnam.

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