Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422) was a Vought F4U Corsair squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the "Flying Buccaneers", fought in World War II but is perhaps best known for its role in the worst accident in naval aviation history when 22 of the squadron's 23 aircraft were lost flying through a typhoon on ...

2017年1月23日 · Among the Marine squadrons slated to support the invasion was VMF-422, a new unit flying Vought F4U-1D Corsairs. Its baptism of fire would not be against the Japanese, but against a fierce storm and an implacable sea. The pilots of VMF-422, dubbed the “Flying Buccaneers,” had begun training together at Santa Barbara, Calif., in July 1943.

On January 1, 1943 Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422) was established at San Diego. Next, operated from Santa Barbara on January 27, 1943 then embarked on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) to Pearl Harbor arriving October 12, 1943 .

1944年，海军陆战队第422战斗机中队“飞行海盗”（vmf-422）刚刚宣布进入战斗状态，并从其驻地加利福尼亚被派往战区。 中队指挥官是少校约翰·S·麦克劳克林（John S. McLaughlin），此君于1937年从新泽西科林斯伍德的安纳波利斯毕业，VMF-422是他第一个负责指挥的 ...

MF-422, the “Leatherneck Buccaneers,” took off from Hawkins Field at Tarawa at 0930 on the morning of January 25, 1944. It was to be a simple 463-mile flight heading southeast along the Gilbert Islands and then they would turn almost directly south for Nanumea (frequently referred to during WWII as Nanomea), which was the

2014年9月1日 · vmf-422“飞行的海盗”(flying buccaneers)中队队徽，但这个绰号现在少有人知，人们一般称之为“迷失的中队” 每次事故的背后总是有一连串原因：训练不足，计划错误，维护落后，422 中队拥有全部这些要素。

2018年2月1日 · VMF-422, the Flying Buccaneers, to the Front. Marine Fighter Squadron 422 had just been declared operationa­l and sent from California to the war zone. The commander was Maj. John S. MacLaughli­n, a 1937 Annapolis graduate from Collingswo­od, New Jersey. VMF-422 was his first command. He had a wife and infant son back in California.

Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF-422) was commissioned on 1. January 1943, at Naval Air Station San Diego. On 27. January VMF-422 moved to MCAS Santa Barbara under the command of Major John S. MacLaughlin, Jr. to begin training together as a squadron.

Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422) was an Vought F4U Corsair squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Flying Buccaneers”, fought in World War II but is perhaps best known for its role in the worst …