Bombing Fighter Squadron 14

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History 

1. January 1945 VBF-14 Established NAAS Ream Field CA.
14. June 1946 VBF-14 Disestablished

Planes:
 

 

 

1945 - 1945
F4U-1D & F4U-4

   
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VBF-14 Deployments 
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VBF-14 Commanding Officers 
Cdr. Arthur L. Downing 15. June 1945 14. June 1946
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History 

The Bomber Fighter Squadrons, were created to reduce the Fighter Squadrons in an Air Group to an acceptable size. Fighter Squadrons had up to 60 planes and 100 pilots. Normaly a Fighter Squadron was split in two to creat a Bomber Fighter Squadron.
More about VBF-14 here from
Jonathan Bernstein


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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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