VAP-62

{{Use American English|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Heavy Photographic Squadron 62 |image=Heavy Photographic Squadron 62 (US Navy) - insignia.jpg |image_size=150px |caption= VAP-62 squadron patch |dates= 10 April 1952 – 15 October 1969 |country= United States |allegiance= |branch= United States Navy |type= |role= Photo-reconnaissance |size= |command_structure= Inactive |current_commander= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= Tigers |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= Vietnam War |aircraft_attack= |anniversaries= }}

'''VAP-62''' was a '''Heavy Photographic Squadron''' of the U.S. Navy. Originally established as '''Photographic Squadron Sixty-Two (VJ-62)''' on 10 April 1952, it was redesignated as '''Heavy Photographic Squadron (VAP-62)''' on 2 July 1956. The squadron was disestablished on 15 October 1969.<ref name=DANAS>{{cite book|last1=Grossnick |first1=Roy A.|title=Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons|publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy|year=1995|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/dictionary-of-american-naval-aviation-squadrons-volume-1/chapter-6-heavy-photographic-squadron-histories-vap-vap-61-to-vap-62.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123022945/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/dictionary-of-american-naval-aviation-squadrons-volume-1/chapter-6-heavy-photographic-squadron-histories-vap-vap-61-to-vap-62.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2015|page=314|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

==Operational history== [[File:P4Y-1P VJ-62 1952.jpg|thumb|right|250px|VAP-62 PB4Y-1P Privateers in 1952]] [[File:A3D-2P Skywarrior of VAP-62 in flight in late 1950s.jpg|thumb|right|250px|VAP-62 A3D-2P Skywarrior in the late 1950s]] *1 September–19 December 1952: A squadron detachment was deployed to Dhahran Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia. *29 July 1960: During a landing aboard {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60}}, the squadron’s commanding officer, Commander C. T. Frohne, and two other squadron crewmembers, were lost when the tailhook of their A3D-2P Skywarrior separated and the aircraft plunged off the deck into the sea. *October 1966: The squadron transferred a detachment of aircraft and personnel to VAP-61 to augment that squadron’s operations in Vietnam. *25 August 1967: A squadron RA-3B #144835 disappeared on a nighttime photo-reconnaissance mission, the 3 man crew were killed in action, body not recovered.<ref name=DANAS/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualwall.org/dj/JacobsEJ01a.htm |title=Edward Jacobs, CDR |work=The Virtual Wall |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=DPMAA>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_p_name.pdf|title=U.S. Unaccounted-For from the Vietnam War|publisher=Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency|access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref>

==Home port assignments== The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:<ref name=DANAS/> * NAS Jacksonville - 10 April 1952 * NAAS Sanford - 20 October 1952 * NAS Norfolk - July 1955 * NAS Jacksonville - 15 August 1957

==Aircraft assignment== The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:<ref name=DANAS/>{{rp|315}} *PB4Y-1P/P4Y-1P Privateer - May 1952 *AJ-2P Savage - September 1952 *F7F-4N Tigercat - May 1953 *A3D-1P/A3D-2P/RA-3B Skywarrior - 14 October 1957

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==External links== {{US Navy navbox}} {{United States Navy Aircraft Squadrons}}

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