Fighter Squadron 80

 "Vorse's Vipers"

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History 

1. February 1944 VF-80 Established at NAS
16. September 1946 VF-80 Disestablished at NAS
Planes:
 

 

 

1944 - 1946
F6F-3 & -5
 

 

 

1946 - 1946
F8F-1
 
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VF-80 Deployments 
26. June 1944 - 23. July 1944 CV-14 USS Ticonderoga CVG-80 F6F-5, -5P, -5N -
30. August 1944 - 4. September 1944 CV-14 USS Ticonderoga CVG-80 F6F-5, F6F-5P -
18. October 1944 - 26. January 1945 CV-14 USS Ticonderoga CVG-80 F6F-5, -5P, -5N -
26. January 1945 - 3. March 1945 CV-19 USS Hancock CVG-80 F6F-5, -5P, -5N -
5. March 1945 - 1945 CVE-12 USS Copahee CVG-80 F6F-5, -5P, -5N -
September 1945 - 10 September 1945 CV-21 USS Boxer CVG-80 F6F-5, -5P, -5N -
18. March 1946 - 3. April 1946 CV-19 USS Hancock CVG-7 F8F-1 20-F-00
20. April 1946 - 10. September 1946 CV-21 USS Boxer CVG-80 F8F-1 20-F-00
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VF-80 Commanding Officers 
LCdr. Albert "Scoop" O. Vorse 1. Feb. 1944 16. Oct. 1944
LCdr. Leroy W. Keith 16. Oct. 1944 1. May 1945
LCdr. Patrick D. Flemming 1. May 1945 ?
? ? 16. September 1946
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History 

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last update  20. February 2020

written 24. April 2005

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