HISTORY 0F COMPOSITE SQUADRON 65 (VC-65)

"Pilots man your planes!"

At the end of April, the Midway berthed at Ford Island NAS, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and unloaded it's cargo of planes. In early May, we went back to sea for maneuvers with the Marines off Hilo. During these maneuvers, one of the fighter pilots missed the cable on his landing attempt, bounced over the first barrier and into the second barrier. He saw that he would not be able to stop, gave full throttle, and went around after dropping perilously close to the water.

The squadron returned to Ford Island, and then transferred to Kaneohe NAS where more training ensued. Here, the aircrews were in competition for air space with the Army Air Corps, who were flying P-47's. Often, the Army pilots would come through the numerous clouds as if they were the only aircraft in the air. In the middle of May, the squadron was back aboard the Midway, at anchorage in Pearl Harbor.

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