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| Keywords: F-8D Crusader VF-132 1962.jpg A U S Navy Vought F8U-2N F-8D Crusader BuNo 148680 from Fighter Squadron VF-132 Peg Leg Petes VF-132 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 13 CVG-13 Both were established on 21 August 1961 and deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CVA-64 for her shakedown cruise in the Atlantic Ocean from 3 March to 6 May 1962 Then on 1 October 1962 CVG-13 and with it VF-132 were disestablished again <br> The F-8D 148680 was later converted to an F-8H and flew with VF-51 from the USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 in 1968 During that deployment 148680 suffered anengine explosion over Gulf of Tonkin on 10 September 1968 and was lost The pilot ejected and was rescued U S Navy photograph in Lou Drendel F-8 Crusader in Action Squadron/Signal Publications Warren Michigan USA 1973 p 17 ISBN 0-89747-006-0 1962 USN cited as official U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-8D Crusader Fighter Squadron 132 United States Navy | ||||
