VF(N)-42 and VF(N)-53 | Night Fighting Squadron Forty-Two

[walika]

VF(N)-42 and VF(N)-53 | Night Fighting Squadron Forty-Two

 

Lineage

10 March 1944     VF(N)-102 Established at NAS
25 August 1944     VF(N)-102 was redesignated VF(N)-42
02 January 1945     VF(N)-42  was redesignated VF(N)-53
11 June 1946     VF(N)-53  Disestablished at NAS

 

Aircraft: F6F-5N, F6F-5, F6F-5P

 

VF(N)-102, VF(N)-42, VF(N)-53 Deployments

 

VF(N)-102 | F6F-5N
11 July 1944 - 25 July 1944 | CV-4 Ranger
Trip to San Diego

 

VF(N)-53 | F6F-5N, F6F-5, F6F-5P
29 January 1945 - 16 March 1945 | CV-3 Saratoga
West Pacific (Tinian, Eniwetok)

 

Silk embroidery on silk

 

 

 

References

Insignia and Decorations of the U. S. Armed Forces. revised Edition December 1, 1944. National Geographic Society. p 179.

"Lineage for Fighter Squadrons" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 Jun 2021.

 

 

 

[River Patrol]

I remember this patch on Ebay....I think it was in the Vietnam section.