VA-213 (U.S. Navy)
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TBM-3 Avenger at the Pima Air & Space Museum. VA-213 had aircraft like this.
VA-213 was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established on 15 September 1948 at Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington, and disestablished eight months later, in May 1949. Its insignia and nickname are unknown.
The squadron was established with the mission of being an all-weather attack unit and part of a carrier air group that was to be all-weather capable. Squadron personnel attended instrument training at the Fleet All-Weather Training Unit, Pacific. It flew the TBM-3E Avenger.[1]
See also
- VA-214 (U.S. Navy)
- Attack aircraft
- List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
- History of the United States Navy
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.
- ↑ Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Section 11: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-210 to VA-873 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. p. 277. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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