- Joining VMF - Vintage Mustang Forums
Hi all, I often search old threads here for information so thought I'd join to seek more advice from fellow Mustang enthusiasts I have a couple classics, a '67 Fastback 4 speed A code plus a '69 Mach I 4 speed M code My first car in high school (a while ago) was a base '65 6 cyl auto full
- What are the Rarest WWII USMC Patches - US MILITARIA FORUM
With VMF-124, they departed the US on September 18, 1944 onboard the Ticonderoga Major David E Marshall commanded VMF-213 During their tour of duty on the Essex, VMF-124 and VMF-213 fighters were credited with 10 Japanese aircraft shot down, 16 destroyed on the ground, and at least 11 ships damaged by bombs or rocket fire
- VMF(N)-533 | Marine Night Fighting Squadron 533 | Black Macs Killers
He established VMF (N)-533 at Cherry Point that October, flying F6F-3Es Six months later "Black Mac's Killers" went to the Pacific, arriving at Eniwetok Atoll in May 1944
- What are the Rarest WWII USMC Patches - US MILITARIA FORUM
USMC VMF 452 Sky Raiders Squadron Patch High bid on ebay 4 11 11 was $510 VMF-452 was commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station Mojave, California On February 7, 1945, the squadron departed San Francisco on board the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) From there they sailed to Pearl Harbor and then moved west to join up with Task Force 58 which was heading to support the invasion of
- What are the Rarest WWII USMC Patches - US MILITARIA FORUM
VMF-115 was a contributor to the American victory in the Philippines providing close air support, fighter cover, and deep air strikes in Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago With over 18,000 flight hours during 5,856 combat sorties, VMF-115 was credited with shooting down 6 1 2 enemy aircraft while losing 28 aircraft with nine pilots killed in
- VMF-214 - WALIKAS USMC SQUADRON PATCHES - U. S. Militaria Forum
VMF-214 operated during WWII in three incarnations: the Swashbucklers in early 1943, Boyington's "Black Sheep" (Sep-January, 1944), and the carrier-based (USS Franklin) unit in 1944-45
- VMF-215 | Fighting Corsairs - US MILITARIA FORUM
VMF-215's third tour was spent at Torokina, Bougainville, beginning in late January The "Fighting Corsairs'" best day was January 14 with 19 victories in a sprawling combat over Rabaul Hanson returned with claims for five kills, Maj Arthur Warner with four and Owens and Capt Ralph Robinson scored doubles
- WWII NAVAL AVIATOR FLIGHT LOGBOOKS - US MILITARIA FORUM
VMF-215 and my father's VMF-222 became "Sister Squadrons" when they trained the together to fly the F4U-1 "Birdcages" in late 1942 at MCAS Santa Barbara Afterwards, they were in the same air groups at Ewa, Midway, Munda, Vella Lavela, and Bougainville
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