They were the top guns, one of the Navy's foremost fighter squadrons in World War II. In just 76 days, they shot down 154 Japanese planes over the South Pacific (creating 13 aces in the process), a record surpassing the kill roster of the famed Black Sheep fighters under "Pappy" Boyington. They were Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17, Known as the Jolly Rogers,led by Lcdr. "Tommy" Blackburn.

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Welcome to VF-17's page of links. The "Jolly Rogers" were an AirWarrior squadron on Gamestorm. The squadron was modeled after the historic VF-17 . It flew the F4U Corsair in defense of C-Land in Big Pac (FR). It was originally formed in February, 1998 by John "BigHog" Felsted.

SQUADRON ROSTER

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Lcdr. ArloG C.O. (last AW C.O.)

Cdr. BigHog (Founder and original C.O.)

Lcdr. WhoopA$$ (Original X.O.)

Lcdr. Lotel

Lt. NRAL

Lt. (j.g.) Narn

Lt. (j.g.) KIM

Ensign Streak

"REMEMBER ME WITH THE JOLLY ROGERS!"

VF-17 Links

Squadron Roster and Biographies

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CORSAIR STORIES AND FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS

Links to stories by and about Pacific pilots and the battles they fought

IMAGE GALLERY

Links to photos and artwork featuring mostly the F4U

AIRCRAFT DATA PAGE

Links to historical and game related data covering the F4U and F6F

U.S. Navy Aces of WWII

Read about the REAL thing

Carrier Qualification Specs

(proposed)

VF-17's Home Page

BigHog's site .... a bit out of date - but cool :-)

Gustin's Military Aircraft Database

TONS of interesting facts on Aircraft of all nationalities and eras

From "The Confederate Air Force's 'Dispatch' archives"

A message to aviation cadets entering the U.S. Navy's flight prep school

WWII Aircraft and pilots history

Great site!

VMB-413 (Marine Bomber Squadron 413)

Read about PBJs (Just don't call them blue B-25s)

VTB-47 (Torpedo-Bombing Squadron 47)

Torpedo bombing tactics for AW3

So far there have been pilots stumble through here.....