Fighter Squadron 23

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History 

16. November 1942 VF-23 Established at NAS
19. September 1945 VF-23 Disestablished at NAS
 
Planes:
 

 

 

1942 - 1945
F6F-3 & -5
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VF-23 Deployments 
August 1943 - 8. August 1943 CVL-23 USS Princeton CVLG-23 F6F-3 -
25. August 1943 - September 1943 CVL-23 USS Princeton CVLG-23 F6F-3 -
October 1943 - November 1943 CVL-23 USS Princeton CVLG-23 F6F-3 -
3. January 1944 - January 1944 CVL-23 USS Princeton CVLG-23 F6F-3 --
19. January 1944 - 11. May 1944 CVL-23 USS Princeton CVLG-23 F6F-3 -
16. February 1945 - 17. April 1945 CVL-27 USS Langley CVLG-23 F6F-3 / -5, -5P -
10. August 1945 - 15. August 1945 CVE-70 USS Fanshaw Bay CVLG-23 F6F-3 / -5, -5P -
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VF-23 Commanding Officers 
LCdr. Henry L. Miller 16. Nov. 1942 12. May 1944
LCdr. Ralph A. Fuoss 12. May 1944 1. Jul. 1944
LCdr. Donald A. Whithe 1. Jul. 1944 17. Feb. 1945
LCdr. Merlin Paddock 17. Feb. 1945 21. Apr. 1945
Cdr. James J. Southerland 21. Apr. 1945 15. Jul. 1945
Lt. Howard L. Grimmell Jr. 15. Jul. 1945 19. Sep. 1945
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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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