Pensacola (Florida)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Capt. Eugene P. Rankin Personal Papers
Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10116
Abstract
Eugene P. Rankin was born in 1916. He graduated from the Naval Academy at Pensacola, Florida, in 1941. In 1943, he served in World War 2 in the Pacific Theater. There he was the commanding officer in a “Black Cat Squadron”, conducting nighttime attack missions consolidated PBY Catalina patrol bombers. Afterwards, Rankin became a Captain of the USS Kearsarge (CV-33). The Kearsarge was tasked with assisting Project Mercury, in that it would have to recover astronauts who splashed down in the...
Dates:
1944 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1963
Grumman F3F-2
Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10059
Abstract
The materials in this collection relate to the restoration of a salvaged Grumman F3F-2 that was restored by San Diego Aerospace Museum staff and volunteers in 1990.
Dates:
1936 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1941