VBF-3 | CAG-3 | USS Yorktown (CV-10)

[walika]

VBF-3 | CAG-3 | USS Yorktown (CV-10)

 

 

Bombing Fighting Three (VBF-3) on February 1, 1945, flying the F6F Hellcat. At the time, U.S. Navy carriers were closing on the Japanese home islands and were facing aggressive Kamikaze attacks. VBF-3 was assigned to Carrier Air Group THREE on board USS Yorktown in the Pacific theater. On 16 February 1945, VBF-3 pilots became the Navy's first carrier-based pilots to strike the Japanese islands. During the heavy action on that day, the squadron shot down 24 Japanese aircraft, earning the Presidential Unit Citation. On 15 November 1946, VBF-3 was redesignated VF-4A and switched to the F8F-1 Bearcat.

 

Given this unit existed for only nine months, the patch is relatively rare.

 

 

Embroidered on wool.

 

 

 

[jerry_k]

Rick you always suprise me. Great patch, thanks for pics!

 

Regards,

Jerry