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USS Midway ~ The Cutting Edge of the Sword

 

 

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27 October 1943 ~ 10 November 1950

UPDATED!

September 1977 ~ November 1980

UPDATED!

22 November 1950 ~ March 1959

February 1981 ~ May 1984

UPDATED!

August 1959 ~ April 1971

October 1984 ~ April 1988

April 1971 ~ May 1975

UPDATED!

October 1988 ~ April 1991

June 1975 ~ September 1977

UPDATED!

June 1991 ~ Present

 

 

 

Several support squadrons operated aboard Midway through the years. While not permanently assigned, they regularly sent detachments aboard to supply the ship with mail, personnel, and supplies.

 

These squadrons are not included in the individual deployment lists linked above, but I want to acknowledge them here. The squadrons I can verify (although not always with definite dates or details) are:

Squadrons

Aircraft

Tail Code

VR-21

Pineapple Airlines

TF-1 / C-1A

RZ

VR-22

 

TBM-3R

VR

VRC-50

Foo Dogs

C-1A, C-2A, US-3A

RG

 

 

 

 

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REFERENCES & SOURCES:

 

A History of Marine Attack Squadron 311

 

by Major William J. Sambito, USMC

 

A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312

 

by Major William J. Sambito, USMC

 

A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531

 

by Colonel Charles J. Quilter II, USMCR (Ret) and Captain John C. Chapin, USMCR (Ret)

 

Aircraft Carriers - A History of Carrier Aviation and its Influence on World Events, Volume II, 1946 - 2006

 

by Norman Polmar

 

Composite Squadron Five (VC-5) - A Short History

 

by Captain William E. Scarborough, USN (Ret)

 

History of CVW-5

 

Koku-Fan Illustrated, 95-4 No. 81

 

Midway Current

 

October 1950, Vol. 4, No. 15

 

National Archives & Records Administration

 

Naval Fighters Number Sixty Four ~ North American A-5A - RA-5C Vigilante

 

by Steve Ginter

 

Naval History & Heritage Command

 

U.S. Aircraft Carriers, An Illustrated Design History

 

by Norman Friedman

 

USS Midway Command Operations Reports

 

USS Midway Cruise Books

 

(All 26 volumes in my personal collection)

 

USS Midway Deck Log Books

 

 

 

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