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PAUL TANGAS Lt., U.S. N. C. O. VC-4 Detachment HISTORY OF THE COMPOSITE SQUADRON FOUR DETACHMENT FORMED at the Naval Air Station, Atlantic City, New Jersey, on 28 September 1948, Composite Squadron Four has grown to become one of the largest and best- known carrier squadrons in the Atlantic. Specializing in what most outfits avoid, instrument and night flying, VC-4 Detachments have served on nearly every carrier in the Atlantic and at any one time may be found in the Medi- terranean, Caribbean. North Atlantic and as far west as California. Visitors to the U.S.S. MIDWAY at Gibraltar may have noticed VC-4 ' s familiar letters NA on several F4U ' s, AD ' s and TBM ' s. The VC-4 Detachment, U.S.S. LEYTE, actually began forming approximately two months prior to the beginning of the cruise. The men were chosen from a large group of volunteers and became welded with the pilots into one team. Near perfect plane availability, no accidents, and no Cap- tain ' s Masts were the result of this teamwork. In August, the Detachment became acquainted with the air group it was to become a part of, MAG-11, on a short cruise aboard the U.S.S. ROOSEVELT. Rejoining the air group in Sep- tember aboard the LEYTE, it became part of the team that eventually was to return to the States with an excellent record. Many aboard the ship came to know the Detach- ment well because of the night flying it did and because a large portion of the boat officers for those all-important liberty parties were pilots of the AD ' s and F6F ' s. When the VC-4 Detachment, U.S.S. LEYTE, was re- lieved at Gibraltar by another VC-4 Detachment, U.S.S. MIDWAY, it breathed a sigh of relief with the rest of the crew. The end of the cruise, though, was only the begin- ning of lrTany more to come. Three officers will be trans- ferred to the LEYTE for duty; other pilots leave for Fleet Maneuvers; and the men will become part of Detachments serving throughout the Atlantic.
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