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SQUADRON GALLERIES
Fighter Squadron 5 (VF-05)
"Fighting Hellcats"

Originally established as VF-1 on February 1, 1943, the squadron was redesignated as VF-5 on July 15, 1943. Know as the Fighting Hellcats, the squadron was later redesignated as VF-5A on November 15, 1946, redesignated VF-51 on August 16, 1948 and disestablished in March 1995

F6F-3 Hellcat #22 of VF-5
[Source: Jack Cook Collection]

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