Attack Squadron 42
"Green Pawns", "Thunderbolts"
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Linage |
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| 1. June 1945 | VBF-75A Established at NAS |
| 1. August 1945 | VBF-75A was redesignated VBF-75 |
| 15. November 1946 | VBF-75 was redesignated VF-4B |
| 1. September 1948 | VF-4B was redesignated VF-42 |
| 8. June 1950 | VF-42 Disestablished at NAS |
| 1. September 1950 | VF-42 Established at NAS Oceana VA |
| 1. November 1953 | VF-42 was redesignated VA-42 |
| 30. September 1994 | VA-42 Disestablished at NAS NAS Oceana VA. |
| Planes: |
F4U-1D
F4U-4
F4U-5
F4U-4
AD-4, AD-6
AD-5 (A-1H)
T-28B
TC-4C
A-6A, A-6B, A-6C
A-6E
| VBF-75, VF-4B, VF-42, VA-42 Deployments | ||||
| VFB-75 | ||||
| 8. Januar 1946 - 19. March 1946 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVBG-75 | F4U-1D, FG-1D | F 200 |
| 8. August 1946 - 4. Oktober 1946 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVBG-75 | F4U-1D, FG-1D | F 200 |
| VF-42 | ||||
| 13. September 1948 - 23. January 1949 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVG-4 | F4U-5 | F 200 |
| 6. January 1950 - 23. May 1950 | CVB-41 USS Midway | CVG-4 | F4U-5 | F 200 |
| 6. March 1951 - 8. June 1951 | CVL-48 USS Saipan | - | F4U-4 | C 300 |
| 26. August 1952 - 8. October 1952 | CVB-41 USS Midway | CVG-6 | F4U-4 | C 400 |
| 1. December 1952 - 19. May 1953 | CVB-41 USS Midway | CVG-6 | F4U-4 | C 400 |
| VA-42 | ||||
| 6. January 1954 - 1. March 1954 | CVA-12 USS Hornet | ATG-181 | AD-6 | C 400 |
| 30. November 1954 - 18. June 1955 | CVA-15 USS Randolph | ATG-181 | AD-6 | B 500 |
| 24. January 1956 - 31. March 1956 | CVA-59 USS Forrestal | ATG-181 | AD-6 | I 400 |
| 15. October 1956 - 22. May 1957 | CVA-20 USS Bennington | ATG-181 | AD-6 | I 400 |
| 9. June 1958- 8. August 1958 | CVA-11 USS Intrepid | ATG-181 | AD-6 | AM 400 |
| - none after 1959 - | - | - | - | - |
| VBF-75, VF-4B, VF-42, VA-42 Commanding Officers | ||
| ? | 1. Jun. 1945 | ? |
| ? | ? | 8. June 1950 |
| LCdr. Ross B. Spencer | 1. Sep. 1950 | 22. Aug. 1951 |
| LCdr. Millard C. Thrash | 22. Aug. 1951 | 1. Jul. 1953 |
| LCdr. Shelley B. Pittman | 1. Jul. 1953 | 8. Oct. 1953 |
| LCdr. Leroy P. Smith | 8. Oct. 1953 | 9. Aug. 1955 |
| Cdr. L. W. Squires | 9. Aug. 1955 | 10. Jul. 1957 |
| Cdr. Clifton R. Largess, Jr. | 10. Jul. 1957 | 15. Aug. 1958 |
| Cdr. Robert (nmn) Linwick, Jr. | 15. Aug. 1958 | 5. Aug. 1959 |
| Cdr. M. J. Stack | 5. Aug. 1959 | 10. Aug. 1960 |
| Cdr. F. M. McLinn | 10. Aug. 1960 | 22. Nov. 1961 |
| Cdr. Ted L. Farrell | 22. Nov. 1961 | 28. Dec. 1962 |
| Cdr. J. S. Herman | 28. Dec. 1962 | 22. Nov. 1963 |
| Cdr. W. S. Nelson | 22. Nov. 1963 | 20. Aug. 1965 |
| Cdr. L. A. Snead | 20. Aug. 1965 | 17. Jun. 1966 |
| LCdr. J. C. Ellison | 17. Jun. 1966 | 18. Jul. 1966 |
| Cdr. W. N. Small | 18. Jul. 1966 | Jun. 1967 |
| Cdr. A. H. Barie | Jun. 1967 | 20. Jun. 1968 |
| Cdr. Frank Cramblet | 20. Jun. 1968 | 18. Jul. 1969 |
| Cdr. Robert J. Sample | 18. Jul. 1969 | 2. Jul. 1970 |
| Cdr. Jerrold M. Zacharias | 2. Jul. 1970 | 9. Jul. 1971 |
| Cdr. Michael F. Andrassy | 9. Jul. 1971 | 31. Aug. 1972 |
| Cdr. Richard A. Zick | 31. Aug. 1972 | 17. Aug. 1973 |
| Cdr. Thomas E. Shanahan | 17. Aug. 1973 | 10. Jan. 1975 |
| Cdr. Samuel L. Sayers | 10. Jan. 1975 | 12. Mar. 1976 |
| Cdr. William H. Greene, Jr. | 12. Mar. 1976 | 24. Jun. 1977 |
| Cdr. Jackson E. Cartwright | 24. Jun. 1977 | 29. Sep. 1978 |
| Cdr. John K. Peiguss | 29. Sep. 1978 | 18. Jan. 1980 |
| CAPT William R. Galbraith | 18. Jan. 1980 | 24. Apr. 1981 |
| Cdr. John A. Pieno | 24. Apr. 1981 | 2. Jul. 1982 |
| Cdr. Herbert A. Browne, Jr. | 2. Jul. 1982 | 30. Sep. 1983 |
| Cdr. John M. Luecke, Jr. | 30. Sep. 1983 | 10. Jan. 1985 |
| Cdr. Allen H. White | 10. Jan. 1985 | 30. Jul. 1986 |
| Cdr. Robin Y. Weber | 30. Jul. 1986 | 17. Jul. 1987 |
| Cdr. Garth A. Van Sickle | 17. Jul. 1987 | 26. Oct. 1988 |
| Cdr. Stephen H. Baker | 26. Oct. 1988 | 13. Dec. 1989 |
| Cdr. John T. Meister | 13. Dec. 1989 | 3. Jul. 1991 |
| Cdr. Daniel J. Franken | 3. Jul. 1991 | 15. Dec. 1992 |
| Cdr. Bernard M. Satterwhite, Jr. | 15. Dec. 1992 |
30. Sep.1994 |
