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| Squadron | Deployment | A/C | Carrier / Base | Top Ace (kills w/ sqn) | Kills | Aces |
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| VF-15 "Fighting Aces" | May 1944 - Nov 1944 | F6F- | CV-9 USS Essex |
McCampbell, Duncan, Rushing, Strane, Twelves |
310 | 26 |
| VF-2 "Rippers" | Mar. 1944 - Sept. 1944 | F6F- | CV-12 USS Hornet |
Cdr. William A. Dean (10) |
240 | 28 |
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VF-9 "Cat o' Nines" |
Oct. 1943 - Mar. 1944 | F6F- | CV-9 USS Essex | Hamilton McWhorter (10) | 116 | 10 est. |
| Mar. 1945 - June 1945 | F6F- | CV-10 USS Yorktown | Eugene Valencia (23) | 129 | 10 est. | |
| VF-18 | Oct. 1943 - Mar. 1944 | F6F- | CV-17 USS Bunker Hill |
Lt. Cdr. Sam Silber (6) |
74 | 1 |
| Aug. 1944 - Nov. 1944 | F6F- | CV-11 USS Intrepid | Cecil Harris (22) | 176.5 | 13 | |
| VF-5 | Aug. 1942 - Oct. 1942 | F4F- | CV-3 USS Saratoga | H. M. Jensen (7) | 78 | 4 |
| Oct. 1943 - Apr. 1944 | F6F- | CV-10 USS Yorktown | Robert Duncan (7) | 93.5 | 7 | |
| VF-10 "Grim Reapers" | Oct. 1942 - May 1943 | F4F- | CV-6 USS Enterprise | Swede Vejtasa (7.25) | 43 | 1 |
| Jan. 1944 - Jun 1944 | F6F- | CV-6 USS Enterprise | Richard Devine (8) | 88 | 5 | |
| Feb. 1945 - Apr. 1945 | F4U- | CV-11 USS Intrepid | P. L. Kirkwood (8) | 87 | 7 | |
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VF-31 "Meataxers" |
Jan. 1944 - Sep. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-28 USS Cabot | Cornelius Nooy (19) | 165.5 | 14 |
| VF-80 "Vorse's Vipers" | Nov. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | F6F- | CV-14 USS Ticonderoga | Patrick Fleming (19) | 159.5 | 10 |
| VF-8 | Dec. 1941 - Jun. 1942 | F4F- | CV-8 USS Hornet | Merrill Cook (2) | 5 | 0 |
| Mar. 1944 - Oct. 1944 | F6F- | CV-17 USS Bunker Hill | Cdr. William Collins (9) | 156 | 13 | |
| VF-20 | Aug. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | F6F- | CV-6 USS Enterprise | Douglas Baker (16.33) | 158 | 9 |
| VF-19 "Satan's Kittens" | Jul. 1944 - Nov. 1944 | F6F- | CV-16 USS Lexington | William Masoner Jr. (10) | 155 | 11 |
| VF-11 "Sundowners" | May 1943 - Jul. 1943 | F4F- | Guadalcanal | Charles Stimpson (6) | 52 | 2 |
| Oct. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | F6F- | CV-12 USS Hornet | Charles Stimpson (10) | 106 | 5 | |
| VF-14 "Iron Angels" | May 1944 - Nov. 1944 | F6F- | CV-18 USS Wasp | William Knight (7.5) | 146 | 8 |
| VF-27 | May 1944 - Oct. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-23 USS Princeton | James Shirley (12) | 134 | 10 |
| VF-17 "Jolly Rogers" | Oct. 1943 - Mar. 1944 | F4U- | Solomons | Ike Kepford (16) | 152 | 11 |
| VF-83 "Kangaroos" | Mar. 1945 - Sept. 1945 | F6F- | CV-9 USS Essex | Thaddeus Coleman (8) | 137 | 11 |
| VF-84 "Wolf Gang" | Jan. 1945 - Jun. 1945 | F4U- | CV-17 USS Bunker Hill | Doris Freeman (7) | 137 | 4 |
| VF-16 "Fighting Airedales" | Oct. 1943 - Jun. 1944 | F6F- | CV-16 USS Lexington | Alexander Vraciu (10) | 136.5 | 7 |
| VF-29 | Oct. 1944 - Apr. 1945 | F6F- | CVL-28 USS Cabot | Robert Murray (10.3) | 113 | 12 |
| VF-30 | Jan. 1945 - Jun. 1945 | F6F- | CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood | James Reber (11) | 110 | 7 |
| VF-21 | Feb. 1943 - Jul. 1943 | F4F- | Guadalcanal | Ross Torkelson (6) | 69 | 3 |
| Jul. 1944 - Oct. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood | Bob Thomas (5) | 40 | 1 | |
| VF-1 "High Hatters" | Nov. 1943 - Aug. 1944 | F6F- | CV-10 USS Yorktown | Richard Eastmond (9) | 100 | 3 |
| VBF-83 | Mar. 1945 - Sep. 1945 | F4U- | CV-9 USS Essex | Thomas Reidy (10) | 91 | 3 |
| VF-13 "Black Cats" | Jul. 1944 - Nov. 1944 | F6F- | CV-13 USS Franklin | Albert Pope (7) | 86 | 3 |
| VF-82 | Jan. 1945 - Jun. 1945 | F6F- | CV-20 USS Bennington | Robert Jennings (7) | 85 | 5 |
| VF-45 | Nov. 1944 - May 1945 | F6F- | CVL-30 USS San Jacinto | James B. Cain (8) | 81.5 | 6 |
| VF-33 | Aug. 1943 - Jan. 1944 | F6F- | Solomons | Frank Schneider (7) | 74.5 | 3 |
| VF-7 | Sep. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | F6F- | CV-19 USS Hancock |
Lt. Cdr. L. J. Check (10) |
72 | 2 |
| VF-12 | Sep. 1943 - Jun. 1944 | F6F- | CV-3 USS Saratoga | John Magda (4)? | 20 | 0 |
| Jan. 1945 - Jun. 1945 | F6F- | CV-15 USS Randolph |
Lt. Cdr. Frederick H. Michaelis (5) |
51 | 2 | |
| VF-47 "Fighting Cocks" | Mar. 1945 - Aug. 1945 | F6F- | CVL-29 USS Bataan | Samuel Hibbard (7.33) | 67.5 | 1 |
| VF-50 "Devil Cats" | Apr. 1944 - Jul. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-29 USS Bataan | Daniel Rehm (6) | 61 | 4 |
| VF-6 "Shooting Stars" | Dec. 1941 - Oct. 1942 | F4F- | CV-6 USS Enterprise | Donald E. Runyon (8) | 63 | 1 |
| VC-27 | Oct. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | FM-2 | CVE-78 USS Savo Island | Ralph Elliott (9) | 61 | 1 |
| VF-28 | May 1944 - Dec. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-26 USS Monterey | Oscar Bailey (5) | 55 | 2 |
| VF-3 "Felix the Cat" | Dec. 1941 - May 1942 | F4F- | CV-2 USS Lexington | Butch O'Hare (5) | 18 | 1 |
| May 1942 - Jun. 1942 | F4F- | CV-5 USS Yorktown | Elbert McCuskey (5) | 34.5 | 1 | |
| VF-51 | Apr. 1944 - Nov. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-30 USS San Jacinto | William Maxwell (7) | 50.5 | 1 |
| VF-22 | Sept. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | F6F- | CVL-25 USS Cowpens | Clement Craig (12) | 49.5 | 3 |
| VF-44 "Crusaders" | Oct. 1944 - Feb. 1945 | F6F- | CVL-27 USS Langley | Cdr. Malcolm T. Wordell (7) | 47 | 3 |
| VF(N)-41 | Aug. 1944 - Jan. 1945 | F6F- | CVL-22 USS Independence | William Henry (9.5) | 46 | 2 |
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VF-32 "Outlaw's Bandits" |
Mar. 1944 - Oct. 1944 | F6F- | CVL-27 USS Langley | Lt. Cdr. Eddie Outlaw (6) | 44 | 2 |
| VF-72 | Jul. 1942 - Oct. 1942 | F4F- | CV-8 USS Hornet | George Wrenn (5.25) | 38 | 1 |
| VF-6 | Aug. 1943 - Feb. 1944 | F6F- |
CV-9 USS
Essex CV-11 USS Intrepid CV-19 USS Hancock |
Alexander Vraciu (9) | 37.5 | 0 |
| VF-23 | Aug. 1943 - May 1944 | F6F- | CVL-23 USS Princeton | L.H. Kerr (4.83) | 35 | 0 |
| VF-26 | Apr. 1944 -Oct. 1944 | FM-2 | CVE-29 USS Santee | Kenneth Hippe (6) | 31 | 1 |
| VF-42 | Dec. 1941 - May 1942 | F4F- | CV-5 USS Yorktown | Art Brassfield (4.83) | 25 | 0 |
| VF-60 | Nov. 1943 - Oct. 1944 | F6F- | CVE-27 USS Suwanee | R. Singleton (3.25) | 25 | 0 |
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last update 1. March 2013 |
written 1. March 2013 |
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