VF-18
Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy which served aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11) in the fall of 1944. It was the second squadron to bear the designation VF-18. Over the course of two and a half months of strike operations from 6 September to 25 November 1944, Fighting 18 provided air support for the amphibious invasion of Peleliu; fought in the last major air battle in the Pacific; and shared responsibility for locating and launching the first strikes against the Imperial Japanese Navy's primary battleship fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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VF-18
Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy which served aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11) in the fall of 1944. It was the second squadron to bear the designation VF-18. Over the course of two and a half months of strike operations from 6 September to 25 November 1944, Fighting 18 provided air support for the amphibious invasion of Peleliu; fought in the last major air battle in the Pacific; and shared responsibility for locating and launching the first strikes against the Imperial Japanese Navy's primary battleship fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) w ...... lcat squadron of World War II.
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The officers of Fighting 18 in Hawaii circa May 1944
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Edward J. Murphy
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Skipper
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Pilots of VF-18 being pinned with medals in early 1945
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VF-18 Artifacts Displayed at the Intrepid Museum
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"The Fickle Finger"
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Two-a-Day 18
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* 172 aircraft shot down in ae ...... merchant ships definitely sunk
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Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) w ...... ring the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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