Attack Squadron 75 | |
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Active | 20 July 1943 - 30 November 1949 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Navy |
Type | Attack |
Engagements | World War II |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack |
TBF/M Avenger AD-3 Skyraider |
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. [1]
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown: [1]
* Temporary shore assignments while the squadron conducted training in preparation for combat deployment.
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown: [1]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.