Fighter Squadron 7 or VF-7 was an aviation unit of the

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...

, 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.

Operational history

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

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, including in the

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, at the

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, and in the

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

Home port assignments

*Naval Air Station Quonset *Naval Station Puget Sound *Naval Air Station Astoria

Aircraft assignment

* F6F-3/5 Hellcat

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vf-7 Fighter squadrons of the United States Navy Military units and formations disestablished in 1946