Bombing Fighter Squadron 9

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History 

6. January 1945 VBF-9 Established at Ponam Air Base, Manus Iskland
5. November 1945 VBF-9 Disestablished

Planes:
 

 

 

1945 - 1945
F6F-5

 
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VBF-9 Deployments 
10. February 1945 - 5. March 1945 CV-16 USS Lexington CVG-9 F6F-5 ...
6. March 1945 - 13. June 1945 CV-10 USS Yorktown CVG-9 F6F-5 ...
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VBF-9 Commanding Officers 
LCdr. Frank L. Lawlor 6. January 1945 5. November 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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