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Fighter Squadron 64 (FITRON 64)
VF-64 ‘Freelancers’
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established as VF-81 on March 2, 1944 VF-81 redesignated VF-13A on November 15,
1946 VF-13A redesignated VF-131 on August 2, 1948 VF-131 redesignated VF-64 on February 15,
1950 VF-64
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Vought
F4U-4 Corsair (1950-52) Grumman
F9F-5 Panther (1953-55) McDonnell
F2H-3 Banshee (1956-57) McDonnell
F3H-2 Demon (1958-59) |
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DEPLOYMENTS:
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August
1950 - November 1950 with CVG-2 aboard USS Boxer (CV 21) December
1950 - March 1951 with CVG-2 aboard USS Valley Forge (CV 45) March
1951 - June 1951 with CVG-2 aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) February
1952 - September 1952 with CVG-2 aboard USS Boxer (CV 21) August
1953 - March 1954 with CVG-2 aboard USS Yorktown (CVA 10) November
1954 - June 1955 with CVG-2 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) November
1956 - May 1957 with CVG-2 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) August
1958 - March 1959 with CVG-2 aboard USS Midway
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images
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F3H-2 Demons (VF-64 / CVG-2) embarked on USS
Midway (CVA 41) - 1958/59
F3H-2 Demons (VF-64 / CVG-2) embarked on
USS Midway (CVA 41) - 1958/59 (National Naval Aviation Museum)
F3H-2 Demon (VF-64 / CVG-2) embarked on
USS Midway (CVA 41) - 1958/59 (National Naval Aviation Museum)
1952 deployment with CVG-2 aboard USS
Boxer (CV 21)
"Ram" (lower) and HVAR
"Holy Moses" (upper) rockets mounted on a U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4B
Corsair of Fighter Squadron VF-64 Free Lancers aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Philippine Sea (CV-47), off the Korean coast, 21 May 1951. VF-64 was assigned
to Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2) aboard the Philippine Sea from 28 March
to 9 June 1951. |
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