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F6F-5N Hellcat (British Hellcat N.F. Mk II) Night fighter version, fitted with an AN/APS-6 radar. Some were armed with two 20 mm (0.79 in) AN/M2 cannon in the inner wing bays and four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in the outer. F6F-5P Hellcat Small numbers of F6F-5s were converted into photo-reconnaissance aircraft, with the camera ...
Marine Fighter Squadron 541 (VMF-541) was a reserve fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps.Originally commissioned during World War II as a night fighter unit flying the F6F-5N Hellcat, the squadron participated in combat action over Peleliu and while supporting the liberation of the Philippines in 1944–45.
Marine Night Fighter Squadron 544 (VMF(N)-544) was a night fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps that was commissioned during World War II. The squadron flew the F6F-5N Hellcat and although it trained for over a year it never made it into combat. The squadron was decommissioned 20 April 1946.
Marine Fighting Squadron 511 (VMF-511) was commissioned on 1 January 1944, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Field Oak Grove, North Carolina. [3] The squadron was a part of Marine Aircraft Group 51 (MAG-51) and its original mission was to take part in Operation Crossbow (Project Danny), an ill-conceived plan to have Marine squadrons aboard escort carriers hunt down V-1 flying bomb launch sites in ...
Originally known as "Black Mac's Killers", after their first commanding officer Major Marion M. Magruder, they were one of three night fighter squadrons to be activated in the Marine Corps and were outfitted with the Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat, equipped with the APS-6 radar.
Upon commissioning, the squadron was assigned the F6F Hellcat. They were relocated to San Diego, California, in mid-summer, 1944 in preparation for a move to the combat zone. Late in October, the squadron arrived at Ulithi, in the Caroline Islands and immediately began flying combat air patrols. Squadron logo during WWII when they were VMF(N)-542
On 2 July 1943 the squadron commanding officer, Major Claude Carlson, was killed when he developed hypoxia at high altitude in his F6F Hellcat due to a defective regulator. [2] The Night Hawks continued to train there through the summer until the squadron moved to Marine Corps Air Station El Centro, California on 30 September 1944
Marine Night Fighter Squadron 534 (VMF(N)-534) was a United States Marine Corps night fighter squadron that was commissioned during World War II.It was the fourth night fighter squadron commissioned in the service [2] and participated in limited combat operations throughout 1944 and 1945 during Marine Corps operations over Kwajalein Atoll and the Mariana Islands.