The Bombing Fighting Squadron One, designated as
Bombing Fighter Squadron VBF-1 and known as "
The Royal Flushers", was formed at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada in December 1944 and commissioned on 2 January 1945, to become the fourth squadron in the Veteran Air Group One. Following Japan's surrender and the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
in the Pacific, VBF-1 was disbanded on 1 November 1945.
History
Flying
F4U Corsairs
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, the VBF-1 squadron was assigned to the
USS ''Bennington'' (CV-20) in the Pacific on 17 June 1945, where it was based for the remainder of World War II. The squadron's pilots participated in strikes against the Imperial Japanese homeland and against her fleet at sea from 10 July 1945 until Japan's surrender on 15 August 1945, including attacks against the
Nagato on 18 July 1945, and the battle of Kure from 24 July 1945 through 28 July 1945.
References
VBF-1 Tour Journal
Bombing fighter squadrons of the United States Navy
