Vf-11/111 Sundowners 1943-95

FIGHTING SQUADRON 11 WAS ESTABLISHED AT SAN DIEGO IN AUGUST 1943, BEGINNING A HALF-CENTURY RECORD THAT SPANNED AERIAL COMBAT IN THREE WARS FROM THE PISTON TO THE JET AGE. FIRST DEPLOYED TO GUADALCANAL, THE SUNDOWNERS FLEW GRUMMAN WILDCATS AND COMPLETED ITS TOUR AS THE NAVY`S THIRD-RANKING F4F SQUADRON IN TERMS OF AERIAL VICTORIES.