Marine Strike Fighting Squadron All Weather 224
"Yellow Hurricanes", "Bengals"
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History |
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| 1. Mai 1943 | VMF-224 Established |
| ca. 1957 | VMF-224 was redesignated VMA-224 |
| 1. November 1966 | VMA-224 was redesignated VMA(AW)-224 |
| 5. March 1993 | VMA(AW)-224 was redesignated VMFA(AW)-224 |
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Tailcodes |
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| 1946 - 1948 | WK |
| 1948 - today | WK |
| Planes: |
F4F-4
F4U-1D
F4U-4
F4U-5
F2H-2
F9F-4
A4D-2 (A-4A)
A4D-2 (A-4B)
A-4C
A-6A
A-6E
F/A-18D
| VMF-224, VMA-224, VMFA(AW)-224 Deployments | ||||
| 3. September 1951 - 4. February 1952 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVG-17 | F2H-2 | WK 00 |
| 4. August 1960 - 3. March 1961 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVG-7 | A4D-2 | WK 00 |
| 12. November 1971 - 17. July 1972 | CVA-43 USS Coral Sea | CVW-15 | A-6A, KA-6D | NL 500 |
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| VMF-224, VMA-224, VMFA(AW)-224 Commanding Officers | ||
| Maj. Robert Galer | 1. May 1942 | Dec. 1942 |
| Maj. Darrell Irwin | Dec. 1942 | Aug. 1944 |
| Maj. Howard York | Aug. 1944 | Dec. 1944 |
| Maj. James Poindexter | Dec. 1944 | May 1945 |
| ? | May 1945 | ? |
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History |
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It had been
organized on May 1, in the post-Pearl Harbor expansion of Marine air. 224
fought at Guadalcanal for two months, rotating home on Nov. 1. After some
time stateside, VMF-224 returned to the Pacific, attacking the by-passed
Japanese held Marshalls in 1944.
VMF-224 claimed the aerial destruction of 115 enemy aircraft. |