page_title: VMF-221
section_title: Squadron aces
hierarchical_section_title: VMF-221 / Squadron aces
caption_attribution_description: English: James E. Swett, USMC; Caption: 1stLt James E. Swett, Marine Corps pilot, with other pilots of his VMF-221 squadron (left to right: 1stLt W.E. Welker, Jr., 1stLt W.H. Hallmeyer, Lt (jg) McAshan, USN, of Fighter Command Intelligence.)
context_page_description: Marine Fighting Squadron 221 was a reserve fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps. Originally commissioned during the World War II, it flew the Brewster F2A-3, and after reconstitution in 1943, the F4U Corsair. The squadron, also known as the “Fighting Falcons”, is most notable for its actions on June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, which resulted in 23 members of the squadron, many posthumously, being awarded the Navy Cross for their actions in combat. VMF-221 ended World War II with 185 air-to-air victories, the second most of any Marine Fighting Squadron in the war.
context_section_description: The following members of VMF-221 were credited with at least 5 enemy aircraft shot down:
  Frank B. Baldwin
  Donald Luther Balch
  Dean Caswell
  Albert E Hacking JR.
  Jack Pittman Jr.
  Nathan T. Post
  Harold E. Segal
  William N. Snider
  James E. Swett
caption: 1st Lt. James E. Swett, with other members of his VMF-221 squadron, describing his Medal of Honor actions.
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