USN Fighting Squadron Six VF-5
VF-5 History
VF-5 Tour of Duty
From 19 to19 CV-5 Yorktown F4F
From 1941/12 CV-4 Ranger19xF4F (41/12)
From 1942/07/07 to1942/09/11 CV-3 Saratoga36xF4F-4 (42/07/07)
From 1942/09/11 to1942/10/12Henderson 25xF4F
From 1942/10/15 - attacking Japanese supply convoy off Guadalcanal
From 1943/08 to1944/04 CV-10 Yorktown IICVG-5 36xF6F-3 (43/11), 37xF6F-3 (44/01)
VF-5 Statistics:
Established: Feb 15 1943 (as VF-1) second tour July 15, 1943 (as VF-5)
Deployed from:
USS Saratoga (CV-3) Aug 1942 (Tour I)
Guadalcanal Sept - Oct 1942 (Tour I)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aug 1943 - April 1944 (tour II)
USS Franklin (CV-13) Feb - March 1945 (tour II)
VF-5 combat actions: |
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Claims against aircraft in Air: |
Destroyed |
Probable |
Damaged |
|
tour I |
79 |
7 |
9 |
|
tour II |
93.5 |
17 |
1 |
|
Tour I |
Tour II |
H.M. Jensen (7) |
J.F. Gray (8.25) |
C.B. Starkes (6) |
R.W. Duncan (7) |
M.K. Bright (5) [total 9] |
H.E. Hill (7) |
F.R. Register (5) [total 7] |
T.J. McClelland (6) [total 7.333] |
J.M. Wesolowski (5) [total 7] |
R.J. Nelson (5) [total 7] |
W.E. Clark (4) [total 7] |
E.M Owen (5) |
F.J. Blair (2) [total 2.333] |
J.E. Schiller (4) [total 5] |
L.P. Mankin (2) [total 5] |
E.E. Stebbins (3) |
J.J. Southerland (2) [total 5] |
A summary of US Naval History during World War II
