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Contents. Philippine Sea order of battle. The Battle of the Philippine Sea was fought 19–20 June 1944 in the waters west of the Mariana Islands by elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy 's Combined Fleet and of the United States Navy 's Pacific Fleet. The battle resulted from the Japanese reaction to the American invasion of the island of Saipan.
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy 's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War. In gaining that role, it prevailed over its faster competitor, the Vought F4U ...
VF-14: 38 F6F Hellcat fighters, 4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters VB-14: 10 F6F Hellcat fighters, 25 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers VT-14: 6 TBF Avenger, 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers 2 light carriers Monterey (Capt. Stuart H. Ingersoll) Air Group 28 (Lt. Cmdr. R.W. Mehle) VF-28: 23 F6F Hellcat fighters VT-28: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
Alexander Vraciu (/ vʌˈræʃjuː / vuh-RASH-yoo; [ 2 ] November 2, 1918 – January 29, 2015) was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on ...
Air Medal (2) Captain David McCampbell (January 16, 1910 – June 30, 1996) was a United States Navy captain, naval aviator, and a Medal of Honor recipient. He retired from the navy in 1964 with 31 years of service. McCampbell is the United States Navy's all-time leading flying ace (called Ace of the Aces in the Navy) and top F6F Hellcat ace ...
VF-9: 40 F6F Hellcat fighters VBF-9: 33 F6F Hellcat fighters VB-9: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers VT-9: 7 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Intrepid (Capt. G.E. Short) Air Group 10 (Cmdr. J.J. Hyland), 96 aircraft VF-10: 30 F4U Corsair, 6 F6F Hellcat fighters VBF-10: 36 F4U Corsair fighters VB-10: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers VT-10: 15 TBF Avenger ...
World War II. Aircraft flown. Fighter. F6F Hellcat. Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established as Fighter Squadron 4 (VF-4) on 1 May 1943, it was redesignated VF-1 on 15 July 1943 and disestablished on 25 October 1945. It was the third US Navy squadron to be designated VF-1.
During World War II, Lieutenant Commander Bardshar piloted a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat, and was credited with eight kills at the Philippines during the Battle for Leyte Gulf in 1944. He was made commander of Air Group 27, based aboard USS Princeton .