USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Farber, Fred

Service Dates: June 1965-June 1968

Rank/Duty Assigned: Airman, Plane Captain VA44

A great experience for a young man under 21. A lot of long hours when we were under flight operations. Always thankful when all the planes made it back home to the ship and put to bed in the hanger bay. I still don’t see how the pilots did it. I got catapauted off a few times on a cargo plane, but never got to land in one. Always thought that would be neat. Lots of action on the flight deck. No time for horseplay. Strickly business. Lots of memories good and bad.