Marine Strike Fighting Squadron 212
"Musketeers", "Hell Hounds", "Devil Cats", "Lancers"
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History |
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| 1. March 1942 | VMF-212 Established at MCAS Ewa HI |
| 9. June 1952 | VMF-212 was redesignated VMA-212 |
| 1. July 1963 | VMA-212 was redesignated VMF-212 |
| 1. July 1964 | VMF-212 was redesignated VMF(AW)-212 |
| 10. August 1968 | VMF(AW)-212 was redesignated VMFA-212 |
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Tailcodes |
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| 1946 - 1948 | DB |
| 1948 - 1957 | LD |
| 1957 - today | WD |
| Planes: |
F4F-3
F4F-4
F4U-1D
F4U-4B / F4U-5
AU-1
AD-4 & AD-4B
AD-6
FJ-4B
A-4B
F-8D
F-8E
F-8D
F-4B
F-4J
F-4S
F/A-18C
| VMF-212, VMA-212, VMFA-212 Deployments | |||||
| 11 December 1950 - 7. March 1951 | CVL-29 USS Bataan | - | F4U-4B | LD 00 | |
| 6. July 1962 - 21. December 1962 | CVS-12 USS Hornet | CVSG-57 | Det. N | A4D-2 | WD 00 |
| 5. April 1965 - 16. December 1965 | CVA-34 USS Oriskany | CVW-16 | F-8E | WD 100 | |
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| VMF-212, VMA-212, VMFA-212 Commanding Officers | ||
| Maj. Harold W. Bauer | 1. Mar. 1942 | Nov. 1942 |
| Maj. Frederick R. Payne | Nov. 1942 | Feb, 1943 |
| Capt. Robert F. Stout | Feb, 1943 | Apr. 1943 |
| Maj. Richard Hughes | Apr. 1943 | May 1943 |
| Maj. Stewart B. O'Neill | May 1943 | Dec. 1943 |
| Maj. Hugh McJ. Elwood | Dec. 1943 | Apr. 1944 |
| ? | Apr. 1944 | ? |
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History |
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Operated out of Guadalcanal Sep.
- Nov. 1942. Eight of its pilots flew on Temporary Attached Duty with
VMF-223, starting on Aug.30. The squadron was commissioned Mar. 1, 1942 at
Ewa, and moved up to Efate (the front line at the time) in four weeks. After
completing its stint at Guadalcanal in November 1942, VMF-212 returned to the
West Coast. By August, 1943, it was back in the Solomons, now flying
Corsairs. They covered the landings on Bougainville, and a month later its
ground crew was operating out of Torokina. It
remained in the Solomons through the end of 1944.
VMF-212 claimed the aerial destruction of 132 Japanese planes. - later more - |