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    Marine Fighting Squadron 215 (VMF-215) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps that was commissioned and fought during World War II. Known...
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    enemy aircraft and was the sister squadron to VMF-215. They were deactivated on 31 December 1949. VMF-222 was commissioned on 1 March 1942, at Midway...
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    for 14 hours and 9 seconds. After briefly returning to VMF-471, Bolt was reassigned to VMF-215 in March 1945, tasked with training pilots for new carrier-based...
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    VF-213 VF-881 VF-882 United States Marine Corps VMF-113 VMF-114 VMF-115 VMF-215 VMF-314 VMF-513 VMFA-531 VMF(AW)-542 VX-3 NACA/NASA XF4D-1 124587 – In front...
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    pilots of the period included VMF-124's Kenneth Walsh, James E. Swett, Archie Donahue, and Bill "Casey" Case; VMF-215's Robert M. Hanson and Donald Aldrich;...
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  • August 14, 1943 with landings by F4U Corsairs piloted by Robert Owen of VMF-215, a 44th Fighter Squadron (44th FS) P-40 Warhawk and a J2F Duck with Marine...
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    transferred to the United States Marine Corps in late 1942. He joined VMF-215 in the Solomon Islands campaign in June 1943, flying the Vought F4U Corsair...
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    alone over New Britain, 24 January 1944.[citation needed] A member of VMF-215 flying the F4U-1 Corsair, the ace was shot down twice. The first time,...
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    Barakoma included: VMF-212 operating F4Fs VMF-214 operating F4Us VMF-215 operating F4Us VMF-221 operating F4Us VMF-321 operating F4Us VMF(N)-531 operating...
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    lieutenant Robert M. Hanson of the United States Marine Corps squadron VMF-215. USS Hanson was launched on 11 March 1945, by the Bath Iron Works Corporation...
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    that occurred mostly at night. On 9 December, ground crews from VMF-212 and VMF-215 arrived at Cape Torokina a day before completion of the first airstrip...
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    aerial victories. On 14 January 1944, 1st Lieutenant Robert M. Hanson, USMC VMF-215, scored five victories over the Solomon Islands area while flying an F4U...
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    undergo, the squadron was re-designated Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMF-232) in July 1941. Owens was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu...
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  • PEC 215, a proposed constitutional amendment to the constitution of Brazil VMF-215, a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps VPB-215, a Patrol...
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  • VMF squadrons continued to operate after the war with most in the Marine Air Reserve; however, with the retirement of the Vought F-8 Crusader the VMF...
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    deactivated on 30 April 1947. VMF-113 was reactivated in 1951 and at Naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas along with VMF-215. In 1958 they transitioned to...
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    TBF Avengers VMF-211 operating F4U Corsairs VMF-212 operating F4U Corsairs VMF-215 operating F4U Corsairs VMF-216 operating F4U Corsairs VMF(N)-531 operating...
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  • it. On February 3, 1944, Medal of Honor recipient, Lt Robert M. Hanson, VMF-215, participated in a fighter sweep. On the return flight he strafed the lighthouse...
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    Ironton, Ohio Allegiance United States Branch United States Marine Corps Years of service 1941–1944 Rank Captain Service number 0-12841 Unit VMF-215...
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    VF-171 (VF-17A) VF-172 Naval Air Reserve United States Marine Corps VMF-122 VMF-311 FH-1 BuNo 111759 - National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian...
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    detachment of VMF-211, also equipped with F4F-3s, to Wake. Saratoga was in San Diego, working up for operations of the F4F-3s of VF-3. 11 F4F-3s of VMF-211 were...
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  • Air Wing HQ VMF-212 operating F4Fs from 20 January-20 March 1944 VMF-215 operating F4Us VMD-254 (photo lab detachment) 16 January 1944 VMF(N)-531 operating...
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  • The Workers' Union (Faroese: Verkamannafylkingin, VMF) was a political party in the Faroe Islands. The party won three seats in the 1994 elections, taken...
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    Operation Downfall in Southern Kyushu. Marine Corps night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 flying F7F-3N Tigercats saw action in the early stages of the Korean...
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    SSR 33rd Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel Aviation VMF – Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR 540th Instructor-Research Maritime...
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  • the well-known ports. The range of port numbers from 1024 to 49151 (210 to 215 + 214 − 1) are the registered ports. They are assigned by IANA for specific...
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    Pearl Harbor on 28 November 1941 to deliver Marine Fighter Squadron 211 (VMF-211) to Wake Island nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) due west. She was scheduled...
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    States United States Army Air Forces United States Marine Corps VF-4M VMF-1 VMF-2 VMF-211 VMJ-1 United States Navy VF-2B VF-3B VF-5B VF-6B VF-2 VF-3 VF-4...
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    Another attack was planned for the night of 29 November, but air raids by VMF-542 broke up the Chinese formations before it could be carried out. Given...
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    aircraft was only used in combat once, when Marine Corps night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 flying F7F-3Ns saw action in the early stages of the Korean War, shooting...
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