page_title: VF-15
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: VF-15 / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter of fighting squadron VF-15 being catapulted from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) via the hangar catapult, 25 February 1944.
context_page_description: Fighter Squadron 15 or VF-15 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established on 1 September 1943, it was disestablished on 20 October 1945.
context_section_description: On 20 June 1944 while deployed on the USS Essex, the squadron participated in the Marianas Turkey Shoot and Air Group 15 (AG-15) commander Cpt David McCampbell shot down 9 Japanese aircraft.
caption: VF-16 F6F-3 launches from the hangar deck catapult of USS Hornet in February 1944
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