Albert O. Vorse Jr. served in fighter squadrons with which first flying ace of the Navy?
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Albert O. Vorse Jr. Albert Ogden "Scoop" Vorse Jr. was an accomplished World War II naval ace who participated in some of the most prominent actions of the Pacific Theater, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Guadalcanal Campaign. Vorse served in early fighter squadrons with legendary figures like Butch O'Hare and Jimmy Thach. Rising in rank throughout the war, he would act as Executive Officer and Operations Officer in different squadrons before being given command of his own squadron, VF-80, the eponymous "Vorse's Vipers". Vorse ended the war as commander of Air Group 80 and ultimately achieved Rear Admiral status before his retirement from the U.S. Navy in 1959.
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Edward O'Hare Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first flying ace when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine heavy bombers approaching his aircraft carrier. Even though he had a limited amount of ammunition, he managed to shoot down or damage several enemy bombers. On April 21, 1942, he became the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II.
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VFA-15 Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) is an inactive U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron which was based at NAS Oceana. Their call sign was "Pride", tail code was "AJ", and they flew the F/A-18 Hornet. Their nickname was "Valions" and their mottos were "Pugna Ama Arma Ferre" and "None Finer."
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Joseph Paskoski Joseph Paskoski (22 February 1919 – 15 April 2008) was a fighter ace in the United States Navy during World War II. He was credited with shooting down six enemy aircraft in combat and crippling an enemy battleship. Stationed to the USS Lexington, he saw combat in the pacific theater of the war, fighting from the invasion of Guam to the battle of Leyte Gulf.
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USS Clarence K. Bronson USS "Clarence K. Bronson" (DD-668) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for naval aviator Lieutenant (junior grade) Clarence K. Bronson (1888–1916).
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William Abercrombie Ensign William Warner Abercrombie, USN (24 July 1914 – 4 June 1942) was a United States Navy officer and Naval Aviator during World War II, who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions at the Battle of Midway.
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VF-45 (1963-96) Fighter Squadron 45 or VF-45 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established as Attack Squadron 45 (VA-45) on 15 February 1963, it was redesignated VF-45 on 7 February 1985 and disestablished on 31 March 1996. It was the third US Navy squadron to be designated VA-45 and the second US Navy squadron to be designated as VF-45. The squadron adopted the "Blackbirds" nickname and insignia of the second VA-45.
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USS Langley (CV-1) USS "Langley" (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS "Jupiter" (AC-3), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship. Conversion of another collier was planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the cancellation of the partially built "Lexington"-class battlecruiser s "Lexington" and "Saratoga", freeing up their hulls for conversion to the aircraft carriers "Lexington" and "Saratoga" . "Langley" was named after Samuel Pierpont Langley, an American aviation pioneer. Following another conversion, to a seaplane tender, "Langley" fought in World War II. On 27 February 1942, she was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd Naval Air Flotillas and so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled by her escorts.
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VAH-16 VAH-16, nicknamed the "White Blades", was a short-lived Heavy Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, based at NAS North Island, California. The squadron flew the North American AJ Savage aircraft.
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VA-75 (U.S. Navy) VA-75, nicknamed the "Carrier Clowns", was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-18 on 20 July 1943. The squadron was redesignated as VA-8A on 15 November 1946, and finally as VA-75 on 27 July 1948. It was disestablished on 30 November 1949. A second squadron also bore the VA-75 designation.
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Albert Cushing Read Albert Cushing Read, Sr. (April 29, 1887 – October 10, 1967) was an aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He made the first transatlantic flight in the "NC-4" Curtiss flying boat.
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Gordon Arthur Stanley Gordon Arthur Stanley was a World War II fighter pilot who achieved ace status in the Pacific Theatre flying Grumman F6F Hellcats, credited with eight victories. As a U.S. Naval Reserve Officer, he was killed in an accident on 19 April 1956 while flying a Grumman F9F-6 Cougar of Naval Aviation Reserve Training Unit (NARTU), Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois.
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Albert Baumler Albert John "Ajax" Baumler (April 17, 1914 – August 2, 1973) was an American fighter ace during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
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Albert William Tweedy, Jr. Albert William Tweedy, Jr., (March 22, 1920 – June 4, 1942) a United States Marine Corps aviator, was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in the Battle of Midway during World War II. The USS "Tweedy" was named in his honor.
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Leslie E. Gehres Leslie Edward Gehres (September 23, 1898 – May 15, 1975) was a naval aviator with the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy. He is most noted as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS "Franklin", which was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945. Gehres is also an example of "mustang" officer, rising from enlisted man to admiral's rank.
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Tetsuzō Iwamoto Lieutenant Junior Grade Tetsuzō Iwamoto (岩本 徹三 , Iwamoto Tetsuzō ) was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) fighter pilots. He entered the Imperial Navy in 1934 and completed pilot training in December 1936. His first combat occurred over China in early 1938. He emerged as the top ace of the Imperial Japan during WWII, credited with at least 87 aerial victories including 14 victories in China. Subsequently, he flew Zeros from the aircraft carrier "Zuikaku" from December 1941 to May 1942, including at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Paul Frank Baer First Lieutenant Paul Frank Baer was the first flying ace in the history of American military aviation, credited with nine confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories in World War I. He also scored the first aerial victory ever for an American military unit.
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VA-72 (U.S. Navy) Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) was an aviation unit of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Bomber Fighter Squadron 18 (VBF-18) on 25 January 1945. The squadron was redesignated as Fighter Squadron 8A (VF-8A) on 15 November 1946, as VF-72 on 28 July 1948, and finally as VA-72 on 3 January 1956. It was disestablished on 30 June 1991.
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Godfrey Chevalier Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier, USN (7 March 1889 – 14 November 1922) was a pioneering naval aviator of the United States Navy of World War I and the early 1920s.
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VF-7 Fighter Squadron 7 or VF-7 was an aviation unit of the U.S. Navy, originally established on 3 January 1944, it was disestablished on 8 June 1946. It was the second US Navy squadron to be designated VF-7.
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Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy) VA-66 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy; it was the second squadron to be so named. The squadron was called to duty and established as Reserve Fighter Squadron VF-671 on 1 February 1951. It was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-81 on 4 February 1953, and finally as VA-66 on 1 July 1955. The squadron was disestablished on 1 October 1986, but one detachment continued in existence until 31 March 1987. The squadron's nickname was the "Waldomen" from the 1950s to the early 1960s, and the "Waldos" from that point forward. Its insignia, a rooster toting a machine gun, was a well-known design in naval aviation.
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Akira Yamamoto Akira Yamamoto (山本 旭 , Yamamoto Akira ) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over China, the Pacific, and Japan, he was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft.