Everett Collins - Member Since

Everett Leon Collins - Member Since: 01 February 2007

    Everett Leon Collins
    2104 Bent Twig Circle
    Edmond, Ok. 73013
    eleonc@cox.net or eleonc@kc130.com
    (405) 341-9390
                       Cpl. – United States Marine Corps
                       Navigator
                      1959 – 1963

My Logbook Entries 62-63

E.L. Collins
Logbook entries
May 1962 - August 1963

May ‘62
Day A/C Number Flight
4     148248 NZJ to Alameda to NZj
5     148246 NZJ to Kaneohe
23   148246 NZJ to Kaneohe(air search for downed pilot)
25   148246 Troop shuttle
26   148246 Troop shuttle
26   148246 Lihue pickup R4D engine for repair
27   148246 Kaneohe to NZJ

June ‘62
9     149804 NZJ to McConnell AFB Wichita, KS (reserves)
10 149804 Wichita, KS to NZJ
11 149572 NZJ to Yuma
12 149804 NZJ refuel VMF 312
15 148246 NZJ to North Island
15 148246 North Island to Bergstrom AFB(Austin, TX) reserves
15 148246 Bergstrom to NAS Dallas
16 148246 NAS Dallas to Yuma(reserves)
30 149804 NZJ to Palm Springs(reserves from 29 Palms couldn’t use
Palms runway for takeoff loaded. Marston Matte.
30 149804 Palm Springs to Yakima, WA
30 149804 Yakima, WA to NZJ

July ‘62
13 147572 NZJ to North Island -moving VMF-512
19 147572 NZJ to 29 Palms(marine band)
19 147572 29 Palms to NAS Moffett
19 147572 NAS Moffett to NZJ
23 148246 Refuel Navy FJ’s
30 147572 NZJ to Pt. Magoo
30 147572 Pt Magoo to Barbers Pt. Hawaii
(pick up Naval gunfire fire directors)
31 147572 Barbers Pt to Wake Island

Aug. ‘62
1 147572 Wake Is. to Iwakuni, Japan
3 147572 Iwakuni, Japan to Seoul, Korea(K-14) Kimpo International
(dropped off Naval team)
3 147572 Seoul, Korea to Iwakuni
6 147572 Iwakuni to Cubi Pt., Phillipines
7 147572 Cubi Pt. to Iwakuni
Note 147572 stayed in Japan with VMGR-152(I think it had been to overhaul and repair at Lockheed in Georgia)
13 148246 Iwakuni to Wake Is.
13 148246 Wake Is. to Barbers Pt.
14 148246 Barbers Pt. to NZJ
16 147573 Refuel VMF 323
17 148891 NZJ to North Island
17 148891 North Island to NAS Corpus Christi, TX(reserves)
17 148891 NAS Corpus Christi to NAS Dallas(reserves)
18 148891 NAS Dallas to MCAS Yuma
18 148891 MCAS Yuma to Los Alamitos
18 148891 Los Alamitos to NZJ
22 148249 Refuel VMF-314
24 149809 NZJ to Fallon, NV to Yuma VMF-312 move
24 149809 Yuma to NZJ
30 148891 Test flight
30 148891 NZJ to Yuma
30 148891 Yuma to Alameda
30 148891 Alameda to NZJ

Sep. ‘62
1    148246 NZJ to Yuma
1    148246 Yuma to NAS Dallas(reserves)
1    148246 NAS Dallas to NZJ
7    148248 NZJ to Kirtland AFB
7    148248 Kirtland to Kirtland(refueling VMT-2)
7    148248 Kirtland to NZJ
11 148894 NZJ to Marietta, GA(Lockheed factory)
12 148894 Marietta, GA to NZJ
20 148891 NZJ to NAS Memphis
20 148891 NAS Memphis to Marietta
22 149812 Marietta to NZJ(148891 to O/R picked up new 812)
25 148890 NZJ to Yuma
25 148890 Yuma to NZJ
25 148890 NZJ to Yuma
25 148890 Yuma to NZJ

Oct. ‘62
1   147572 NZJ to El Centro
1   147572 El Centro to Yuma
1   147572 Yuma to 29 Palms
1   147572 29 Palms to Yuma
1   147572 Yuma to 29 Palms
1   147572 29 Palms to NZJ
3   148249 NZJ to Yuma
3   148249 Yuma to Oklahoma City Tinker AFB(reserves)
3   148249 Tinker AFB to NZJ
8   148891 NZJ to Pendelton (shuttle)
11 148249 NZJ to Barbers Pt.
13 148249 Barbers Pt. to McCord AFB, Seattle
14 148249 McCord AFB to NZJ
23 148247 NZJ to Barbers Pt
24 148247 Barbers Pt. to Wake Is.
27 148247 Wake Is. to Iwakuni(Int. Date line date changed)
28 148247 Iwakuni to Wake Is.
28 148247 Wake Is. to Barbers Pt.
29 148247 Barbers Pt. to NZJ

Nov. ‘62
2   150687 NZJ to Alameda
2   150687 Alameda to NZJ
6   150687 NZJ to Prescott, AZ(pickup engine for R4D)
6   150687 Prescott to NZJ
8   148247 NZJ to Camp Pendelton
8   148247 Camp Pendelton to NZJ(air delivery)
9   148247 NZJ to Yuma
9   148247 Yuma NZJ
13 149808 NZJ to NAS Jax
13 149808 NAS Jax to NZJ
16 148248 Test flight
21 150687 Refuel VMFAW-314
23 149816 NZJ to MacDill AFB(81mm mortar shells)
24 149816 MacDill AFB to Vieques
24 149816 Vieques to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
24 149816 Roosevelt Roads to MacDill AFB
25 149816 MacDill to NZJ

Dec. ‘62
2   150688 NZJ to Yuma
2   150688 Yuma to NZJ
9   150687 NZJ to Yuma (refuel VMA-223)
9   150687 Yuma to NZJ
27 150688 NZJ to Yuma
27 150688 Yuma to Alameda
27 150688 Alameda to NZJ

Jan. ‘63
3   150687 NZJ to Pendelton(air delivery)
4   147573 Refueling VMF-314
15 150687 NZJ to Pendelton
15 150687 Pendelton (air delivery)
15 150687 Pendelton to NZJ
19 148890 NZJ to Kaneohe
20 148890 Kaneohe to Barbers Point
21 148890 Barbers Point to NZJ
25 150687 NZJ to Yuma
25 150687 Yuma to NZJ
27 148248 NZJ to Pt. Magoo
27 148248 Pt. Magoo to NZJ

Feb. ‘63
6   149814 Refuel VMA-311
7   149814 Refuel VMF-334
11 148246 NZJ to Yuma
11 148246 Yuma to NZJ
15 149812 NZj to 29 Palms
15 149812 29 Palms to El Centro
15 149812 El Centro to NZJ
19 150685 NZJ to SATS(29 Palms) Catapult and arresting gear
19 150685 SATS to NZJ
20 149812 NZJ to SATS
20 149812 SATS to NZJ
22 149812 NZJ to Kaneohe
23 149812 Kaneohe to Camp Pendelton
23 149812 Camp Pendelton to NZJ
28 148249 NZJ to Yuma
28 148249 Yuma to NZJ

Mar. ‘63
3   150687 NZJ to Pendelton
3   150687 Pendelton to NZJ(moving H&HS-3 to NZJ)
11 148891 NZJ to Pendelton
11 148891 Pendelton to SATS
11 148891 SATS to Pendelton
11 148891 Pendelton to SATS
11 148891 SATS to NZJ
12 148891 NZJ to Pendelton(pickup 5th Marines)
12 148891 Pendelton to 29 Palms
12 148891 29 Palms to Pendelton
12 148891 Pendelton to 29 Palms
12 148891 29 Palms to Pendelton
12 148891 Pendelton to 29 Palms
12 148891 29 Palms to North Isl.
12 148891 North Isl. to NZJ
15 148246 NZJ to 29 Palms
15 148246 29 Palms to NZJ
18 149812 NZJ to 29 Palms
18 149812 29 Palms to Pendelton
18 149812 Pendelton to NZJ
19 148249 NZJ to 29 Palms
19 148249 29 Palms to Pendelton
19 148249 Pendelton to 29 Palms
19 148249 29 Palms to Pendelton
19 148249 Pendelton to 29 Palms
19 148249 29 Palms to Pendelton
19 148249 Pendelton to 29 Palms
19 148249 29 Palms to Pendelton
19 148249 Pendelton to NZJ
19 148249 NZJ to 29 Palms
19 148249 29 Palms to Pendelton
19 148249 Pendelton to NZJ
(This was a troop shuttle between 29 Palms and Pendelton
for war games.)
20 150688 NZJ to Barbers Pt.
21 150688 Barbers Pt. to NZJ(check ride for second navigator)

Apr. ‘63
5   149808 NZJ to NAS Memphis
5   149808 NAS Memphis to Dobbins AFB
6   149808 Dobbins AFB to NAS Dallas
6   149808 NAS Dallas to Kelly AFB
6   149808 Kelly AFB to NZJ
8   148890 NZJ to Tinker AFB(OKC)
9   148890 Tinker AFB to NZJ
10 148247 NZJ to 29 Palms
10 148247 29 Palms to SATS
10 148247 SATS to NZJ
22 150687 Refuel MVF-323
30 147573 NZJ to Pendelton
30 147573 Air delivery
30 147573 Pendelton to NZJ

May ‘63
2   149812 NZJ to Yuma
2   149812 Yuma to NZJ
3   147573 NZJ to Yuma
3   147573 Yuma to NZJ
10 150687 Refuel VMAF-513
13 148247 NZJ to Barbers Pt.
15 148247 Barbers Pt. air refuel
17 148247 Barbers Pt. air refuel
25 148247 Barbers Pt. air refuel
(refueled A3D spy plane, spying on Russia A-bomb test)
This was all a secret operation. We burned all our charts
and scrap paper after each flight. We couldn’t tell anyone
at Barbers Pt. what we were doing.

28 148247 Barbers Pt. to Hilo to Barbers Pr.
29 148247 Barbers Pt. to NZJ

June ‘63
5   149814 Test flight
6   149814 Refuel VMF-323
8   150689 NZJ to Kelly AFB
9   150689 Kelly AFB to NZJ
11 150688 Operation Chowtime air delivery
18 149812 Operation Greenwave(F8’s to Japan- aborted)
19 149812 Operation Greenwave(F8’s to Japan- aborted)
Greenwave was a transPac to refuel F8’s to Japan. 1st day
1 F8 went down(aborted) 2nd day another F8 down in
flames. Pilot couldn’t eject had to climb out going vertical.
He survived to write it up in Readers Digest. Greenwave
cancelled, F8 went aboard carrier to Japan.
23 150688 NZJ to Kaneohe
23/24 150688 Kaneohe to Wake(intl. date line)
25 150688 Wake to Atsugi, Japan
25 150688 Atsugi to Iwakuni
27 150688 Iwakuni to Wake
27 150688 Wake to Barbers Pt.
28 150688 Barbers Pt. to NZJ

July ‘63
9   150689 Air delivery(Pendelton)
10 150689 Air delivery(Pendelton)
15 148247 NZJ to Yuma
15 148247 Yuma to NZJ
17 148247 NZJ to Pendelton(air delivery)
17 148247 Pendelton to NZJ
20 148247 NZJ to Yuma
20 148247 Yuma to Memphis
21 148247 Memphis to Tinker AFB
21 148247 Tinker to 29 Palms
21 148247 29 Palms to NZJ
24 150685 NZJ to Fallon to NZJ(air refuel)
30 150689 Air delivery Pendelton

Aug. ‘63
6   149816 NZJ to Fallon to NZJ
8   148246 NZJ to Pendelton to NZJ(fam. flight for 1st of the 7th)
.....My last flight before release from active duty.....

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