LtCdr ES McCuskey during and after VF-8

[R Leonard]

Elbert Scott McCuskey (081585) -
9/3/1938 - AvCad USNR, Date of rank from 1 Jul 1939 USNR Register
10/1/1939 - ENS USNR AV(N), Date of rank from 1 Jul 1941 USNR Register
3/23/1941 - ENS USNR AV(N), VF-42 USS Ranger (CV-4) in 1 Apr 1941 USN Active Duty Directory
11/1/1941 - LTJG USNR AV(N), Date of rank from 1 Jan 1943 USNR Register
6/15/1941 - LTJG USNR AV(N), VF-42 USS Yorktown (CV-5)
6/4/1942 - LTJG USNR AV(N), VF-3 USS Yorktown (CV-5)
10/1/1942 - LT USNR AV(N), VF OTU-1 NAAS Green Cove Springs
1/8/1944 - LT USNR AV(N), VF-8 USS Intrepid (CV-11)
3/15/1944 - LCDR USNR AV(N), Date of rank from 1 Jul 1944 USNR Register
6/20/1944 - LCDR USNR AV(N), VF-8 USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
4/1/1945 - LCDR USNR A1, NAAS Green Cove Springs

Knew "Doc" McCuskey for a goodly portion of my life. The old 1941-1942 VF-42 gang stayed in touch until they were all gone. Doc was scheduled to be the VF guy on the panel at the 1998 Midway Symposium at Pensacola, but he died shortly before the event, so they drafted my father as his replacement. Other USN aviators on the dais with my father for the event were VB-6's Dick Best and VT-8's Bert Earnest. There was a heavy leavening in the crowd of participants from Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet squadrons present at the event. Doc was a somewhat larger than life, enthusiastic, character.