[ARC5] VF-13 Pilot's Radio Handbook

David Stinson arc5 at ix.netcom.com
Fri May 8 15:26:36 EDT 2020


U.S. Navy Carrier Fighter Squadron VF-13
"Black Cats" (Established on 2 November 1943,
disestablished on 20 October 1945},
Pilot's Radio Handbook:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MeZptIrmjVGsvWXHqwhGm1ZUVeRHNuPU

"VF-13 equipped with the F6F-5 Hellcat formed part of
Carrier Air Group 13 (CVG-13) which was assigned
to USS Franklin. In June 1944 the Franklin deployed to
Pearl Harbor.  On 24 October during the
Battle of Leyte Gulf, CVG-13 participated in the sinking
of the Japanese battleship Musashi. In early November
1944 following damage to Franklin in a Kamikaze attack,
CVG-13 was temporarily land-based on Manus Island
before re-embarking on Franklin as it proceeded to
Puget Sound for repairs.  In December 1944 CVG-13
was reforming at Naval Air Station Alameda, and then
subsequently underwent training at Naval Air Station Fallon
and Naval Air Station Livermore. In early August 1945
CVG-13 was assigned to USS Bunker Hill,
but the war in the Pacific ended before they could deploy."

GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S



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