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VF-83 F6F-5s on USS Essex, 20 May 1945. VF-83 formed part of Carrier Air Group 83 (CVG-83) assigned to the USS Essex.CVG-83 was in action in the Pacific theatre from 10 March to 15 September 1945 participating in raids on Kyushu, supporting the invasion of Okinawa, the discovery and sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato and other air strikes against the Japanese home islands.
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-5 Panther of Fighter Squadron 83 (VF-83) "Roaring Bulls" about to be launched from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). VF-83 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Eight (CVG-8) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 26 April to 21 October 1953.
Air Group 83 (Cmdr. Harmon Tischer Utter), 102 aircraft VF-83: 36 F6F Hellcat fighters VBF-83: 36 F4U Corsair fighters VB-83: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers VT-83: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Bunker Hill (Capt. G.A Seitz) Air Group 84 (Cmdr. G.M. Ottinger), 93 aircraft VF-84: 27 F4U Corsair fighters, 10 F6F Hellcat fighters
VF-82 Grumman F6F-5 ready for launch from USS Bennington off Okinawa in May 1945: Most of the F6F-5s built were painted overall glossy sea blue. The Hellcat first saw action against the Japanese on 1 September 1943, when fighters off USS Independence shot down a Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat. [40]
On 4 February 1953, the squadron was redesignated Fighter Squadron Eighty Three (VF-83). In the same year VF-83 made a deployment aboard USS Coral Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. In August 1954, VF-83 transitioned to the F7U-3M Cutlass equipped with the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile, and on 1 July 1955 was re-designated as attack squadron VA-83.
John Malcolm Smith (April 2, 1922 – June 9, 1981) was an American combat pilot and United States Navy fighter ace during World War II.He was credited with shooting down 10 Japanese aircraft during the last two years of the Pacific War, participating in the Solomon Islands and the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaigns as well as the air raids on Japan.
McCampbell formed Fighter Squadron 15 (VF-15) on September 1, 1943 and led the squadron before being reassigned as Commander of Air Group 15 (CAG-15) in February 1944 to September 1944. As Commander, Carrier Air Group (CAG) 15, he was Commander of the Air Group (fighters, bombers, and torpedo bombers) when the group was embarked on the aircraft ...
In September 1943, VF-9 embarked on the USS Essex and left Pearl Harbor to partake in combat operations in the Pacific Theater. On November 11, 1943, Lieutenant Commander Houck, who was now the executive officer of the squadron, led other pilots in a preliminary attack at Rabaul Harbor, New Britain , strafing Japanese shore batteries and ships ...