Carrier Air Group SIX
Carrier Air Group Six | |
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Active | 15 March 1943 – 29 October 1945 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Operation Iceberg |
The first Carrier Air Group to use the designation Carrier Air Group SIX was established on 15 March 1943. It was constituted from the squadrons of the Enterprise Air Group which had been disestablished on 1 September 1942 and was initially assigned to USS Enterprise (CV-6). Due to the manner in which the United States Navy determines unit lineage, in which a unit's lineage begins at establishment and ends at disestablishment, the Enterprise Air Group and Carrier Air Group SIX are two separate and distinct units and do not share a lineage.[1]
Operations during WWII
World War II operations by Carrier Air Group SIX[2][3][4] | ||||||
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Period | Aircraft carrier | Operations | Squadrons | |||
Fighter | Bomber | Torpedo | Scout | |||
10 November 1943 – 9 December 1943 | Task Force 50 ) |
Operation Galvanic
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VF-6 | VB-6 | VT-6 | |
December 1943 – 22 March 1944 | Task Force 58 ) |
Operation Flintlock,[5] Operation Hailstone
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VF-6 VF(N)-78 |
VB-6 | VT-6 | |
9 March 1945 – 11 April 1945 | Task Force 58 ) |
Operation Iceberg
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13 June 1945 – 20 June 1945 | USS Hancock (CV-19) (COMAIRPAC) |
Wake Island | ||||
1 July 1945 – 15 August 1945 | Task Force 38 ) |
air raids on Japan |
While flying off Enterprise, the air group provided close air support to the
Carrier Air Group Six then embarked on board the new
On 9 March 1945, Carrier Air Group Six switched to the new Essex-class aircraft carrier
Carrier Air Group Six subsequently provided air support for the
Second Carrier Air Group to be designated Carrier Air Group SIX
On 1 September 1948 CVBG-5 (which had been established as CVG-17 during WWII) was redesignated Carrier Air Group SIX (CVG-6). This Air Group is not related to the CVG-6 which is the subject of this article and was eventually redesignated Carrier Air Wing Six.
References
- ^ Grossnick, Roy A. United States Naval Aviation 1910-1920 Volume II Statistics. Naval History and Heritage Command.
- ^ a b "1943". USS Enterprise CV-6 Association. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
- ^ a b "History of USS Intrepid". USS Intrepid Association. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Hancock". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ^ "Unit Citation Air Groups and Squadrons 1943–1972". USS Intrepid Association. Retrieved 5 September 2008.