US Naval Air StationPort Lyautey, Morocco

Carl Sederquist joined the Navy out of high school in 1954 (Bangor, Maine) and did his Boot Camp at Bainbridge, Md. Following Boot he was sent to NAS Norman, Oklahoma for Airman School and then went to Millington (Memphis) for AT school finishing that during early summer of 1955.

He shipped out to NAF Port Lyautey, Morocco being assigned to VR-24 as an AT. While in VR-24 he became an AT3. He had flight time on the Squadron's R5D runs to the eastern Med and throughout Europe. His primary duties while in VR-24 for 18 months included maintaining ARC1, ARC5 ART13 and ART27 communications equipment and APX6 transponder.

Carl can be reached at carl@midmaine.com . Following are the off-base photographs.

Carl Sederquist at the Medina entrance

At the Sebou Fort

At Gibralter.............shopping

Mamora, side view

Pasha's (Mayor) Office

From left to right, Jim Lutz, Deer and Reiff in Tangier