Mountain View in Santa Clara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Patrol Squadron Fifty
Photographed by Adam Margolis, June 9, 2026
1. Patrol Squadron Fifty Marker
In Memory of Shipmates Lost at Sea
21 March 1991
Patrol Squadron Fifty
LCDR Stephen A Tisdale · LT Jay A Williamson · LT Ronald L Carmody · LT Ned W Metcalf Jr · LTJG David G Chaiken · ADI Daryl Heikkinen · AMHI Jimmy W Dyer · ADT John Cavuoto · AW2 Francis A Sposato · AWS Warren Hogue · ATS Dennis O Farquhar Jr· AO3 Christopher D Davis · ECDR Robert A Nemecek · LT Dennis Redmond · LT Mark D Hamilton · LTJG Martin B Cox · LTJG James B Shields · AW Thomas M McNerney Jr · ADI Ray D Beckner · AT2 Michael Germeau · AO3 Richard A Tafoya · AWS Michael A Rice · AW3 Richard A Dabbs · AWAN Brian M Cerino · AWAN Dorsey Cowens J
Fleet Aviation Specialized
Operational Training Group
AWI Daniel W Smith · AWI Randall D Hall II
Still on Station
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters.
Location. 37° 24.718′ N, 122° 3.419′ W. Memorial is in Mountain View, California, in Santa Clara County. It can be reached from the intersection of North Akron Road and McCord Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map.
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Regionally, this memorial is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area and on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Granodiorite Boulder From Antarctica (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Andesite Block from Mt. St. Helens (about 400 feet away); The NASA U-2 Story (about 700 feet away); Shenandoah Plaza (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of the John W. Whisman Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); NASA Ames Research Center (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Floating Gate EEPROM (approx. 1.2 miles away); Computer History Museum (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain View.
More about this memorial.
Photographed by Adam Margolis, June 9, 2026
2. Patrol Squadron Fifty Marker
Also see . . . VP-50 (Wikipedia). Excerpt:
21 March 1991: Two VP-50 Orions, P-3C, BuNos. 158930 and 159325, had a midair collision off the southern coast of California, killing all 27 aircrewmen aboard. The cause for the mishap could not be determined.(Submitted on June 11, 2026.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2026, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2026, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
