• VT-17 Ship Assignment during WWII

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    From “CVG-17, CVBG-17, CVBG-5, CVG-6 , CVW-6 1943 – 1985”
    located at http://178.83.198.61/wings/24-USNavy/CVG-017.htm

    15 Jul 1943 – 10 Aug 1943 aboard CV-17 USS Bunker Hill with aircraft type TBF-1

    10 Sep 1943 – 2 Oct 1943 aboard CV-17 USS Bunker Hill with aircraft type TBF-1

    11 Nov 1943 – 6 Mar 1944 aboard CV-17 USS Bunker Hill with aircraft type TBF-1

    2 Feb 1945 – 8 Jul 1945 aboard CV-12 USS Hornet with aircraft type TBM-3

     

    • My father – Lieutenant Clifford Gould Van Stone USNR was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on 7 April 1945. He scored a direct hit on the battleship Yamato battleship.

    • I agree with my little Brother RsB, Dad did Score the Killing Hit on the Yamato

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