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He was a highly decorated patrol-bomber pilot during World War II.In 1956, VAH-1 underwent an intensive training schedule in anticipation of the receipt of the new jet, Douglas A3D-1 Skywarrior. On 1 Sep 1964, the squadron was redesignated RVAH-1.