330-PS-2792 (USN 708626).   Ready to Go.  With the customary “Thumbs-Up” signal Naval enlisted pilot Walter E. Coupe, Aviation Controlman First Class typifies the more than 700 enlisted flyers wearing Navy wings.  The enlisted AP’s are a versatile group of Navy men who perform two functions equally well for their service.  First, their duties on the group in their specialty ratings and secondly, as their role as a valuable asset in Naval Aviation…enlisted pilots.    Photograph released June 20, 1952.  (5/19/2015).
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