FIGHTING SQUADRON NINETEEN

OFFICIALLY commissioned 15 August 1943 at NAAS LOS ALAMITOS, Cal., Fighting Squadron Nineteen comanded by LCDR T.H. Winters, a veteran of the North African campaign, began its career. At it's christening VF-19, had just a single Grumman Hellcat, one Piper Cub, and a Grumman Duck. This practically grounded condition ceased shortly with the arrival of more Grumman F6F Hellcats which VF-19 was to fly and far in the Pacific.
"Satan's Kittens" inauspicious birth belied the honorable service they were to serve in all the major Pacific conflicts that the US was involved in and fly nine different aircraft, until it was disestablished as VF-19s in the late 1970's. Satan's Kittens were to contribe numerous awards and distinctions to the annals of US naval aviation history.

This is their story....

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The history of the squadron can be looked at from many different angles. From the events they took part in, to carriers they served on and the aircraft they flew and fought in: