Franklin D Roosevelt (CV 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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On October 10, 1942, Fighter Squadron Eleven jVj:-11j was commissioned in San Diego, Californi,a,,and commenced training, in Hawaii, in the F4E,,,s,i52'sW7i IdcVat''. Three months later, the squadron departed3j6irf Nandi in the Fiji lslands for their first combat tourgg.g,,T fiiring,,,.Lheir many intercept and escort missions from April to 1943,,t ey accounted for fifty-six confirmedqllgjlls. For s downing the rising sun of Japan,j,gHe squadrqgj j d its nickname Sundowners . gjif 'Y ln July 1948, the Sundovvners were redesignated VF-111 deployed on USS CORAL SEA for what would be ,i,,, Qombat cruise to Southeast Asia. On 16 April when striikfesigagjainst major cities of North Vietnam were ordered, the were among the first Navy strike QVOUDS penetrate the Red River Valley. Duringgthe cruise, Sundowners flew I . '7f7l3isgYg . . ration errgjsweep and the mmesweeping of North 197l1f2sZfo?fi156 the SLffj,d,owners transitioning to the F-4N model of the ll and preparing for their Fighter Squadron One Hundregf Eleven QVF-111j andxtwo 1975, cruise. Departing in December 1974 the years later entered the Korean conflict flying',F9F52 squadron arrived in the area and began Panthers from the USS PHIEQIPPINE SEA. ln the fallfbf ex nsive, training joint air defense exercise 1951, Sundowner aircraft THSKGU with' , l'e Nationalist Chinesegflfn March, April, and May the the landings at lnchon, comfsat air patrols, closeff ',,u' 2, d0wners had their opportunity to fly actual support, and armed reconnaissance flights, followed if bat missions since October and November With .5SQOEUB3Qg3is,3,i!iwiHg?2yQ,Iei79,H ..,.., Vietnam and Combodia, strikes against the Ylu River broidggss i.,g.,,:.,i ,. ,,,, ,,,,, ,.,,,.- Barrier CAP, Mio. CAP, On the last of the bridge 9'iS ' in support of U.S. squadron skipper, LCDR W. and ,,,,, s,ho,t.,, ,,,,, , Operiations., ,,j, of the U.S. Merchant down a MIG-15, Scoring fhe'fifS1f ia' ,,rt iififiiei- ,.,, Dame Of Koh T399 combat history. On theirthird and finalfcSru,isefto,ftQheAKofegn3. g,,g, tactical support and air Theatre, a Sundowner madelithe 'asis 1 llfi SEA'S Air Wing Fifteen. war on July 27, 1953, me day the- iists igned f' -1 l' ioined Aifwing 19 and Panmurliom. J S ','fS'.. 4 ,S,, .1 it h, ' 1 .'f, f,, ,,1, fOr the SClUadf0 S In 1971 the Sundowners joined AirwingsFifteenf,at1d began transitioning to the F-4B. In November ofthat '.S SAu K EES ' - s-vr , ,Apwdivf 1-wm..'9' -..,s-new