★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LCDR James Collins '71, USN was lost on October 31, 1980 when the TA-4J Skyhawk he was piloting crashed on the Utah Test and Training Range. He was flying from Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada as a member of Fighter Squadron (VF) 126 (based at Naval Air Station Miramar, California).
Jim was a native of Orchard Park, New York and majored in Aerospace Engineering at the Naval Academy. He was also the editor-in-chief of the 1971 Lucky Bag. As a pilot he had tours as a flight instructor and with an attack squadron. He was survived by his parents and two brothers.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/JAMES_P._COLLINS,_LCDR,_USN