page_title: Second VA-75 (U.S. Navy)
section_title: Korean War
hierarchical_section_title: Second VA-75 (U.S. Navy) / History / Korean War
caption_attribution_description: A fully armed U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4 Skyraider of Attack Squadron VA-75 "Sunday Punchers" takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). VA-75 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the Bon Homme Richard for a deployment to Korea from 20 May 1952 to 8 January 1953.
context_page_description: Attack Squadron 75 or ATKRON 75 was an attack squadron of the United States Navy that was active from World War II through the 1990s. Nicknamed the "Sunday Punchers," they were based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. Originally established as Bombing Squadron EIGHTEEN on July 20, 1943, it was redesignated Attack Squadron VA-7A on 15 November 1946, redesignated Attack Squadron VA-74 on 27 July 1948, redesignated Attack Squadron VA-75 on 15 February 1950 and disestablished on February 28, 1997. They were the second squadron to be designated VA-75, the first VA-75 was disestablished on 30 November 1949. They were the first fleet squadron to operate the A-6 Intruder and the last unit to fly it in operational service.
context_section_description: 23 June 1952: The squadron's first combat action in the Korean War was a joint operation with Air Group 7 and the U.S. Air Force in an attack against hydro-electric complexes in North Korea that had previously been restricted from attack.
  11 July 1952: The squadron participated in a combined attack against Pyongyang, North Korea, with aircraft from CVG-7, USS Princeton, the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Australian Air Force and British Royal Navy.
  5 December 1952: On a strike against enemy troop concentrations the squadron's commanding officer, Commander H. K. Evans, was lost when his aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire and crashed.
caption: VA-75 AD-4 launches from USS Bon Homme Richard in 1952
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