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MARINE Fighter Squadron 461 was commissioned at El Centro, California, on 15 March 1944, with Major William R. Lear as Commanding Officer. The squadron remained at El Centro under Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group Forty-Three as a training squadron giving to her many young Marine fighter pilots the final polish for overseas duty and combat. The squadron moved to Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Santa Ana, California, in January, 1945, and joined Marine Aircraft Group 46 continuing its training mission. On 25 February 1946, the U.S.S. PALAU (CVE-122) took her shakedown cruise with Marine Fighter Squadron 461 on board. This started the squadron on her long career as a carrier-based squadron. March 16, 1946, saw the U.S.S. PALAU depart San Diego for Norfolk, Va., with VMF-461. April 4, 1946, the squadron flew from Norfolk to Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C. for temporary aviation duty with Ma- rine Aircraft Group Eleven remaining attached to the U.S.S. PALAU. The squadron, aboard the U.S.S. PALAU, made a three- weeks ' cruise to Quantanamo Bay in May, 1947, and a five- weeks ' cruise to Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, in July and August, 1947, stopping at Recife, Brazil, and Dakar, French West Africa. February and March, 1948, the squadron participated in the Second Task Fleet exercises at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, without the Scow Palau by flying down and operating land-bases. Again aboard the U.S.S. PALAU in August, 1948, a five- weeks ' cruise was made to Guantanamo Bay and a three- weeks ' operation in November, 1948, in the Second Task Fleet exercises to the sub-Arctic. Aboard the U.S.S. Midway on 2 January 1949, the squadron sailed for a two-months ' cruise in the Mediter- ranean Sea to be followed throughout the months of March through June bv many weekends aboard the U.S.S. MID- WAY and FDR for carrier demonstrations. July 1, 1949, VMF-461 was permanently assigned as a unit of Marine Aircraft Group Eleven with which it de- parted on its present cruise. Marine Fighter Squadron 461 has been under the able leadership of Maj. Orvin H. Ramlo since 29 April 1949.
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