Great Ca. 1960 USN Pilot Coffee Mug of VF-62 Fighter Squadron Pilot 'Beaver'

Great circa 1960 United States Navy pilot coffee mug of VF-6Nicknamed the Boomerangs, VF-62 was a Fighter Squadron that flew FJ-3M Fury F-8A/C/E Crusader aircrafts between establishment in 1955 and decommissioning in 1969 and served on the USS Bennington, USS Shangri-La and while there assigned to the Carrier Air Wing 8 (CAW-8). The front of the mug shows a carrier slicing through the water with two boomerangs in the sky above and a banner beneath reads: "FIGHTING SQUADRON SIXTY-TWO" and the top of the mug is named to the pilot with the nickname: "BEAVER" and shows a USN pilot wing on the reverse. The bottom reads: "STOUDEMIRE OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS", "A & J SHOP NAVY BLVD PENSACOLA, FLORIDA"

Circa 1960

Approximately 3-1/2" x 5"; 3-1/2" top diameter; 3" bottom diameter

Ceramic, paint

Handle

"STOUDEMIRE OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS", "A & J SHOP NAVY BLVD PENSACOLA, FLORIDA"

This is from a USN collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MCX16 LHEX2/16

7+ (Very Fine+): The mug shows minor to moderate wear mostly to top edges and bottom, nearly all the painted details remain intact, overall very fine condition.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.