CALIFORNIA ENS USNR WORLD WAR II
On the 12 November, Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN traded their old F4U-4 "Corsairs" in for the new F8F-1 "Bearcat". Air Group NINETEEN was the first Air Group to land an F8F-1 on a carrier at night.
The remainder of the month was spent in advanced training; including gunnery, bombing, strafing, group tactics, field carrier bounce, night field carrier landings, and so on.
On the 29 of November, the Air Group carried out Direct Ground Support Training Missions.
Even with the continuation of training, allowances were made for peace-time and Command Air Pacific permitted a quarter of the Air Group at a time to return to the States for a fifteen day leave period.
The first fatality of the reformed Air Group occurred on the 10th of December when Esign George Blakenship of Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN was killed over bombing target "Sugar Kane", on Molokia, T. H.
He was observed to have pulled off one of the sheer wing tips of the F8F he was flying, in a pull out from a bombing run and to rollover and crash.
On the 12 November, Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN traded their old F4U-4 "Corsairs" in for the new F8F-1 "Bearcat". Air Group NINETEEN was the first Air Group to land an F8F-1 on a carrier at night.
The remainder of the month was spent in advanced training; including gunnery, bombing, strafing, group tactics, field carrier bounce, night field carrier landings, and so on.
On the 29 of November, the Air Group carried out Direct Ground Support Training Missions.
Even with the continuation of training, allowances were made for peace-time and Command Air Pacific permitted a quarter of the Air Group at a time to return to the States for a fifteen day leave period.
The first fatality of the reformed Air Group occurred on the 10th of December when Esign George Blakenship of Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN was killed over bombing target "Sugar Kane", on Molokia, T. H.
He was observed to have pulled off one of the sheer wing tips of the F8F he was flying, in a pull out from a bombing run and to rollover and crash.
CALIFORNIA ENS USNR WORLD WAR II
On the 12 November, Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN traded their old F4U-4 "Corsairs" in for the new F8F-1 "Bearcat". Air Group NINETEEN was the first Air Group to land an F8F-1 on a carrier at night.
The remainder of the month was spent in advanced training; including gunnery, bombing, strafing, group tactics, field carrier bounce, night field carrier landings, and so on.
On the 29 of November, the Air Group carried out Direct Ground Support Training Missions.
Even with the continuation of training, allowances were made for peace-time and Command Air Pacific permitted a quarter of the Air Group at a time to return to the States for a fifteen day leave period.
The first fatality of the reformed Air Group occurred on the 10th of December when Esign George Blakenship of Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN was killed over bombing target "Sugar Kane", on Molokia, T. H.
He was observed to have pulled off one of the sheer wing tips of the F8F he was flying, in a pull out from a bombing run and to rollover and crash.
On the 12 November, Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN traded their old F4U-4 "Corsairs" in for the new F8F-1 "Bearcat". Air Group NINETEEN was the first Air Group to land an F8F-1 on a carrier at night.
The remainder of the month was spent in advanced training; including gunnery, bombing, strafing, group tactics, field carrier bounce, night field carrier landings, and so on.
On the 29 of November, the Air Group carried out Direct Ground Support Training Missions.
Even with the continuation of training, allowances were made for peace-time and Command Air Pacific permitted a quarter of the Air Group at a time to return to the States for a fifteen day leave period.
The first fatality of the reformed Air Group occurred on the 10th of December when Esign George Blakenship of Bombing-Fighting Squadron NINETEEN was killed over bombing target "Sugar Kane", on Molokia, T. H.
He was observed to have pulled off one of the sheer wing tips of the F8F he was flying, in a pull out from a bombing run and to rollover and crash.
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