Category:Fighter Squadron 3 (United States Navy)
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Fighting Squadron 3 (VF-3) was an aviation units of the United States Navy. History:
23 September 1921: established as Combat Squadron 4;
1 July 1922: redesignated VF-2;
19 March 1923: redesignated VF- 2B;
1 January 1927: redesignated VF-6B;
1 July 1927: redesignated VF-6;
1 July 1928: redesignated VB-2B;
1 July 1930: redesignated VF-6B;
1 July 1937: redesignated VF-3;
15 July 1943: redesignated VF-6 (Note: VF-3 a nd VF-6 exchanged designations on the same day);
29 October 1945: disestablished (or 1 October 1945).
Media in category "Fighter Squadron 3 (United States Navy)"
The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total.
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Brewster F2A-1 VF-3 3-F-18 1940.jpg 640 × 415; 41 KB
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F2A Thach accident USS Saratoga (CV-3) 1940.jpg 1,024 × 812; 71 KB
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F4F-3 VF-3 maintenance on USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1941.jpg 740 × 577; 267 KB
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F4F-3A Wildcat taking off from USS Saratoga (CV-3) 1941.jpg 720 × 545; 158 KB
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F4F-4 Wildcats of VF-3 at Kaneohe in May 1942.jpg 5,614 × 4,210; 4.14 MB
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F4F-4 wings folded.jpg 5,588 × 4,174; 4.8 MB
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Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats of VF-3 in flight off Oahu on 10 April 1942 (80-G-10613).jpg 5,681 × 4,369; 9.42 MB
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Jimmy Thach 1942 (2).jpg 600 × 496; 41 KB
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Jimmy Thach 1942.jpg 600 × 482; 48 KB
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Pilots of US Navy Fighting Squadron 3 (VF-3) on 5 March 1942.jpg 560 × 433; 39 KB
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Thach F4F3 cockpit.jpg 740 × 615; 117 KB
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VF-3 pilots on USS Enterprise (CV-6) June 1942.jpg 1,897 × 1,177; 990 KB
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