Marine Attack Squadron 217

  

"Max’s Wild Hares"
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History 
15. December 1942 VMF-217 Established at MCAS El Centro CA
10. March 1946 VMF-217 Disestablished at MCAS San Diego CA
ca. 1953 VMF-217 Reestablished as a Res. Sqn. at NAS South Meymouth MA
1955 VMF-217 was redesignated VMA-217
1964 VMA-217 Disestablished at NAS South Weymouth MA

Tailcodes 
1953 - 1957 Z
1957 - 1964 7Z
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Planes:
 

 

 

 1942 - 1943
F4F-4		      
 

 

 

 1943 - 1945
F4U-1D		  
 

 

 

 1945 - 1946
 F6F-5		      
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 1953 - 19??
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 19?? - 1962
F9F-8		      
 

 

 

 1962 - 1964
A4D-2		      
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VMF-217, VMA-217  Deployments 
10. November 1944 - 13. March 1945 CV-18 USS Wasp CVG-81 F4U-1D 0
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VMF-217, VMA-217 Commanding Officers 
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last update 1. July 2013

written  19. April 2009

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