VF-7

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Fighter Squadron 7
Active3 January 1944 – 8 June 1946
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Aircraft F6F-3/5 Hellcat
Engagements World War II

Fighter Squadron 7 or VF-7 was an aviation unit of the U.S. Navy, originally established on 3 January 1944, it was disestablished on 8 June 1946. It was the second US Navy squadron to be designated VF-7. [1]

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Operational history

VF-7 equipped with the F6F-3 Hellcat was deployed as part of Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the USS Hancock in the Atlantic Fleet. [2] VF-7 reequipped with the F6F-5 Hellcat at Naval Air Station Quonset in July 1944 and then reembarked on USS Hancock. [3]

By September 1944 USS Hancock and CVG-7 had joined the Pacific Fleet. [4] Hancock fought in the Philippines campaign (1944-45), including in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, at the Battle of Iwo Jima, and in the Battle of Okinawa.

From February–September 1945 CVG-7 was shore-based at Naval Station Puget Sound and then Naval Air Station Astoria. [5] [6]

Home port assignments

Aircraft assignment

References

  1. ↑ "Lineage for Fighter Squadrons" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 30 May 1944". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 1 Aug 1944". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 26 Sep 1944". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 20 Feb 1945". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 7 Sep 1945". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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