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The information below is from Walt Walter's book, THE WIND CHASERS
The Photos (all original) were given to Rod Howell
from another squadron member in January of 1968.
On the 19th of August 1964, the U.S. Weather Bureau Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico discovered an area of cloudiness and possible tropical circulation about 1000 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. The squadron had been tracking Hurricane Cleo since the 20th when one of the squadron aircraft discovered a low pressure area east of where the bad weather was reported. Continual tracking and reporting was made as she moved across the Caribbean. On the 24th Hurricane Cleo was approximately eighty-five to one hundred twenty-five miles south, southwest of Puerto Rico and moving west. Commander Walt Reese and his crew took off at 8:50am in WV-3, Bureau Number 137891 from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to reconnoiter the storm. They were to make a low-level, daylight penetration and then land at the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads. They were to collect the usual weather data as on all penetrations, the lowest barometric pressure, areas of precipitation and extent of winds including the highest winds in the storm.
