Torpedo Squadron 8
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History 
2. September 1941 VT-8 Established at NAS
7. January 1943 VT-8 Disestablished at NAS
1. June 1943 VT-8 Reestablished at NAS Norfolk VA.
23. November 1945 VT-8 Disestablished at NAS

Planes:
 

 

 

 1941 - 1941
SBN-1		    
 

 

 

 1941 - 1942
TBD-1
 

 

 

 1942 - 1943
TBF-1
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 1943 - 1945
TBF-1 / TBM-3 		 
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VT-8 Deployments 
1941 - 1941 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group SBN-1, TBD-1 8-T-0
December 1941 - 1941 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group SBN-1, TBD-1 8-T-0
4. March 1942 - 20. March 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group TBD-1 8-T-0
2. April 1942 - 25 April 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group TBD-1 8-T-0
30. April 1942 - 26. May 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group TBD-1 8-t-0
28. May 1942 - 13. June 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group TBD-1 8-T-0
17. August 1942 - 26. October 1942 CV-8 USS Hornet Hornet Air Group TBD-1 8-T-0
1. June 1942 - 13. June 1942 CV-3 USS Saratoga Saratoga Air Group TBF-1  8-T-0
7. July 1942 - 21. September 1942 CV-3 USS Saratoga Saratoga Air Group TBF-1  8-T-0
14. October 1942 - 30. October 1942 CVE-16 USS Nassau - TBF-1  8-T-0
30. March 1944 - June 1944 CV-17 USS Bunker Hill CVG-8 TBF-1  -
July 1944 - 4. November 1944 CV-17 USS Bunker Hill CVG-8 TBF-1  -
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VT-8 Commanding Officers 
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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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