Pacific Eagles Database

VF-8

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Type Carrier Fighter
Commissioned 02/09/1941
Formed at
Decommissioned 22/08/1942
Squadron history

Airbases and Ships

Base From To Notes
Hornet (CV-8) 29/12/1941 19/06/1942

Pilots

Name From Until Role
LtCdr Samuel G. Mitchell CO
Lt Edward J. O'Neill XO
Lt Stanley E. Ruehlow FO
Lt Fitzhugh L. Palmer
Lt Bruce L. Harwood
Lt Warren W. Ford
Lt(jg) John F. Sutherland
Lt(jg) Minuard F. Jennings
Lt(jg) Lawrence C. French
Lt(jg) Richard Gray