Bombing Fighter Squadron 80

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History 

10. January 1945 VBF-80 Established at CV-14 USS Ticonderoga
16. September 1945 VBF-80 Disestablished at NAS

Planes:
 

 

 

1945 - 1945
F6F-5

   
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VBF-80 Deployments 
10. January 1945 - 26. January 1945 CV-14 USS Ticonderoga CVG-80 F6F-5 ...
26. January 1945 - 3. March 1945 CV-19 USS Hancock CVG-80 F6F-5 ...
5. March 1945 - 1945 CVE-12 USS Copahee CVG-80 F6F-5 ...
September 1945 - 10 September 1945 CV-21 USS Boxer CVG-80 F6F-5 -
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VBF-80 Commanding Officers 
Lt.Cdr. Frank Gooding 10. January 1945 16. September 1945
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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.


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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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