USN Fighting Squadron VF-17 USN Fighting Squadron VF-17 Skull & Crossbones

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat from the USN VF-17 White 41 and operated CV-12 Hornet II CVG-17 1945.

Aircrew USN LTJG Alex Vraciu VF-16 White 32 Hellcat ace 1944 05

Aircrew USN press release photo showing VF-16 pilots onboard USS Lexington 1943 01

Art Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 32 Alex Vraciu 0A

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats from VF-16 landing CV-16 USS Lexington with BB 57 USS South Dakota 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 probable BuNo 66016 CV-16 USS Lexington Hawaii September 1943 0A

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 16 aboard CV-16 USS Lexington 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 22 being positioned for launch CV-16 USS Lexington 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 28 aboard CV-16 USS Lexington 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 28 and 7 prepare for launch CV-15 USS Randolph 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 28 landing CV-16 USS Lexington with BB 57 USS South Dakota 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 38 ready for launch CV-16 USS Lexington 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 4 and 18 ready for launch CV-16 USS Lexington 16th Apr 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 5 preparing to launch during Gilberts Operation Nov 1943 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 6 landing mishap CV-16 USS Lexington 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-16 White 8 landing mishap CV-16 USS Lexington 1943 01

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat VF-16 CV-15 USS Randolph and D28 HMS Urchin off Japan 1945 01

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat VF-16 White 611 landing mishap CV-16 USS Lexington 1944 01

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat VF-16 White L54, L2 and L35 aboard CV-15 USS Randolph 1944 01

Grumman F6F-5P Hellcat VF-16 White 99 landing CV-31 USS Bon Homme Ricard 16th Jan 1945 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-17 White 56 and operated CV-12 Hornet II CVG-17 1945.

USN Ships WWII
United States Navy carrier CV-12 USS Hornet II

VF-17 Skull & Crossbones Tour of Duty:

From 1942/12to 1943/03 NAS Norfolk F4U1
From 1943/03 CVE- Charger F4U-1
From 1943/07 CV-17 Bunker Hill F4U-1
From 1943/10/27 to 1943/11/30 Ondonga (N. Georgia) 36xF4U-1
From 1943/11/30 to 1944/01/25 Esp. Santo - refresh F4U-1
From 1944/01/25 to 1944/04 Piva Yoke Field (Bougnaiville) F4U-1
From 1944/04 USA
From 1945/02 to 1945/04/17 CV-12 Hornet II CVG-17 F6F-5

Squadron Start End A/C Carrier/Base Top Ace (kills w/ sqn) CO (kills w/ sqn) Kills # Aces
VF-17 Jolly Rogers Oct-43 Mar-44 F4U Solomons Ike Kepford (16) Tom Blackburn (11) 152 11
IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover - COD/CLOD skins - No 3d model at this stage
 
IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles (FB), Ace Expansion Pack (AEP), Pacific Fighters (PF), 1946 skins
  IL2 game skin by BL F6F-5 VF-17 35 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by BL F6F-5 VF-17 35 USS Hornet 1945 V0A
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-3 Hellcat VF-17 41 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 23 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 23 USS Hornet 1945 ANM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 23 USS Hornet 1945 BNM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 37 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 37 USS Hornet 1945 ANM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 37 USS Hornet 1945 BNM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 56 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 56 USS Hornet 1945 ANM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 56 USS Hornet 1945 BNM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-5 VF-17 56 USS Hornet 1945 V0A
  IL2 game skin by WW F6F-3 Hellcat VF-17 41 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by WW F6F-5 VF-17 22 USS Hornet 1945
  IL2 game skin by WW F6F-5 VF-17 22 USS Hornet 1945 NM
  IL2 game skin by WW F6F-5 VF-17 22 USS Hornet 1945 V0A

  Three F6F-5's and one F6F-3 of VF-17 USS Hornet, Spring 1945. A tritone F6F-3 in G markings is unusual but is based on a photo. RN Ronnco rtarget@gmail.com

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Chronology of the USN in WWII
  1939   1940   1941   1942   1943   1944   1945

    Bibliography:

  • Barrett Tillman, Hellcat: The F6F in World War II, Naval Institute Press, 1979
  • David McCampbell article from National Aviation Hall of Fame website
  • Edward Sims, Greatest Fighter Missions, Harper and Brothers, 1962 - This sequel includes U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots
  • Barrett Tillman, Hellcat Aces of World War 2, Osprey

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

      Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U Corsair
  • http://warbirdregistry.org/corsairregistry/corsairregistry.html
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/
  • http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/ Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum New York NY
  • http://www.airzoo.org/ Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum Kalamazoo MI
  • http://www.lsfm.org/aircraft/hellcat.htm Lone Star Flight Museum Galveston TX
  • http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/aero/aircraft/grumman_f6f.htmNational Air and Space Museum Washington DC
  • http://www.naval-air.org/ National Museum of Naval Aviation AS Pensacola FL
  • http://www.neam.org/ New England Air Museum Windsor Locks CT
  • http://www.planesoffame.org Planes of Fame Air Museum Eden Prairie MN
  • http://users.ids.net/~qam/qam/ Quonset Air Museum North Kingston RI
  • http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/ San Diego Aerospace Museum North Kingston RI
  • http://www.planesoffame.org/ The Air Museum Planes of Fame Chino CA

 

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