Fighter Squadron 8
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History 
2. September 1941 VF-8 Established at NAS
28. August 1942 VF-8 Disestablished at NAS
1. June 1943 VF-8 Reestablished at NAS Norfolk VA.
23. November 1945 VF-8 Disestablished at NAS
Planes:
 

 

 

 1941 - 1942
F4F-4		  
 

 

 

 1943 - 1945
F6F-3
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VF-8 Deployments 
1941 - 1941 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group F4F-4 8-F-0
December 1941 - 1941 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group F4F-4 8-F-0
4. March 1942 - 20. March 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group F4F-4 8-F-0
2. April 1942 - 25 April 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group F4F-4 8-F-0
30. April 1942 - 26. May 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group F4F-4 8-F-0
28. May 1942 - 13. June 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group F4F-4 8-F-0
30. March 1944 - June 1944 CV-17 USS Bunker Hill CVG-8 F6F-3, F6F-3P -
July 1944 - 4. November 1944 CV-17 USS Bunker Hill CVG-8 F6F-3, F6F-3P -
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VF-8 Commanding Officers 
LCdr. Samuel G. Mitchell 2.Sep.1941 28.Aug.1942
Cdr. William M. Collins Jr 1.Jun.1943 1.Jan.1945
LCdr. Paul D. Duke 1.Jan.1945 23.Nov.1945
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History 

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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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