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Fighter Squadron 61 (FITRON 61)
VF-61 ‘Jolly Rogers’
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STATUS:
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established as VF-17 on January 1,
1943 VF-17 redesignated VF-5B on November 15, 1946 VF-5B redesignated VF-61 on July 28, 1948 VF-61
disestablished on April 15, 1959 |
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AIRCRAFT:
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Grumman
F8F-2/2N/2P Bearcat (1948-50) Grumman
F9F-2/5 Panther (1951-53) Grumman
F9F-6 Cougar (1954-55) North
American FJ-3 Fury (1955) Grumman
F9F-8 Cougar (1955-56) McDonnell
F3H-2M Demon (1957-59) |
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DEPLOYMENTS:
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October
1948 - November 1948 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway
(CVB 41) October
1949 - November 1949 with CVG-6 aboard USS
Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) January
1951 - May 1951 with CVG-6 aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) January
1952 - May 1952 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway (CVB 41) August
1952 - October 1952 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway (CVB 41) December
1952 - May 1953 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway (CVA 41) September
1954 - April 1955 with CVG-8 aboard USS Lake Champlain (CVA 39) March
1956 - September 1956 with CVG-8 aboard USS Intrepid (CVA 11) September
1957 - October 1957 with CVG-7 aboard USS
Saratoga (CVA 60) |
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images
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F3H-2M Demon (VF-61 / CVG-7) embarked on
USS Saratoga (CVA 60) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2M Demon (VF-61 / CVG-7) embarked on USS
Saratoga (CVA 60) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2M Demon (VF-61 / CVG-7) embarked on
USS Saratoga (CVA 60) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2M Demons (VF-61 / CVG-7) embarked on
USS Saratoga (CVA 60) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2M Demon (VF-61 / CVG-7) embarked on
USS Saratoga (CVA 60) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2M Demons (VF-61 / CVG-7) were
launched from USS Saratoga (CVA 60) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval
Aviation Museum)
U.S. Navy Lt. F.A.W. Franke takes off in
a McDonnell F3H-2M Demon (BuNo 137003) of Fighter Squadron VF-61 "Jolly
Rogers" from aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) during
carrier qualifications, in April 1957. VF-61 was assigned to Carrier Air
Group 8 (CVG-8). The squadron actually never deployed with
CVG-8 while flying the F3H, it only made a single deployment aboard USS
Saratoga (CVA-60), assigned to CVG-7, before being disestablished
in 1959. (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2M Demon (VF-61 / CVG-8) during
carrier qualifications aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) - 1957
F9F-8 Cougars (VF-61 / CVG-8) embarked on
USS Intrepid (CVA 11) - 1956
FJ-3 Fury (VF-61 / CVG-8) at NAS Oceana,
Virginia - 1955 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
F9F-2 Panther (VF-61 / CVG-6) embarked on
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) - 1950
F8F-2 Bearcat (VF-61 / CVG-6) embarked on
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) - 1949 |
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