(Complete Caption) VF-5 pilots posed in front of the unit's Grumman F2F-1 aircraft, at Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 26 July 1937. VF-5 was assigned to USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was then still under construction. Those present are Aviation Cadet Jack M. Roehm, USNR; Lieutenant Thomas A. Ahroon, USN; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John L. Counihan, USN; Aviation Cadet Robert C. Loomis, USNR; Lieutenant Commander Winfield S. Cunningham, USN, VF-5 Commanding Officer; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles E. Perkins, USN; Aviation Cadet Edmund O. Carmody, USNR; Lieutenant Thomas B. Neblett, USN; Aviation Cadet Loren Grinstead, USNR. Aviation Cadet Harry W. Harrison, Jr., USNR; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William H. McClure, USN; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John G. Howell, USN; Aviation Cadet Arthur N. Kelly, USNR; Lieutenant Claude F. Sullivan, USN; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul D. Buie, USN; Aviation Cadet Sam L. Silber, USNR; Lieutenant James K. Averill, USN; Aviation Cadet William B. Bails, USNR. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.
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