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VF-7
Aviation unit of the United States Navy

Fighter Squadron 7 or VF-7 was an aviation unit of the U.S. Navy, originally established on 3 January 1944, it was disestablished on 8 June 1946. It was the second US Navy squadron to be designated VF-7.

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Operational history

VF-7 equipped with the F6F-3 Hellcat was deployed as part of Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the USS Hancock in the Atlantic Fleet.2 VF-7 reequipped with the F6F-5 Hellcat at Naval Air Station Quonset in July 1944 and then reembarked on USS Hancock.3

By September 1944 USS Hancock and CVG-7 had joined the Pacific Fleet.4 Hancock fought in the Philippines campaign (1944-45), including in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, at the Battle of Iwo Jima, and in the Battle of Okinawa.

From February–September 1945 CVG-7 was shore-based at Naval Station Puget Sound and then Naval Air Station Astoria.56

Home port assignments

  • Naval Air Station Quonset
  • Naval Station Puget Sound
  • Naval Air Station Astoria

Aircraft assignment

References

  1. "Lineage for Fighter Squadrons" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 October 2016. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/insignias/vf-lin.pdf ↩

  2. "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 30 May 1944". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923093638/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/location-of-us-naval-aircraft-world-war-ii/1944/30-may-1944.html ↩

  3. "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 1 Aug 1944". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923093638/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/location-of-us-naval-aircraft-world-war-ii/1944/30-may-1944.html ↩

  4. "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 26 Sep 1944". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923093132/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/location-of-us-naval-aircraft-world-war-ii/1944/26-sept-1944.html ↩

  5. "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 20 Feb 1945". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150920030444/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/location-of-us-naval-aircraft-world-war-ii/1945/20-feb-1945.html ↩

  6. "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft, World War II 7 Sep 1945". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927184346/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/location-of-us-naval-aircraft-world-war-ii/1945/7-sep-1945.html ↩