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Carrier Air Group Six

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363:. The air group destroyed fifty-five enemy planes (twelve in the air and forty-two on the ground) as well as sinking five Japanese ships. Nine planes were lost, with nine pilots and four crewmen dead or missing. 590: 117:. Due to the manner in which the United States Navy determines unit lineage, in which a unit's lineage begins at establishment and ends at disestablishment, the 417:
and Air Group Six returned to action on 13 June and remained at sea until the end of World War II. Carrier Air Group Six was disestablished on 29 October 1945.
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broke up a large group of land-based bombers attacking Task Group 50.2. After a heavy strike by aircraft of Task Force 50 against
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from 31 January to 3 February 1944. They also participated in a massive air strike against the Japanese naval base at
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Air Group and Carrier Air Group Six are two separate and distinct units and do not share a lineage.
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from 19 to 21 November 1943. On the night of 26 November, carrier-based night fighters from
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which had been disestablished on 1 September 1942 and was initially assigned to
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was established on 15 March 1943. It was constituted from the squadrons of the
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on 7 April. This forced the carrier off the battle line for repairs.
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Carrier Air Group Six subsequently provided air support for the
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Second carrier air group to be designated Carrier Air Group Six
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of Japan on 18 March. From 23 to 27 March, they struck the
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On 9 March 1945, Carrier Air Group Six switched to the new
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Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign (Operation Flintlock)
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Carrier Air Group Six then embarked on board the new
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Index

United States Navy
Carrier air wing
World War II
Operation Galvanic
Operation Flintlock
Operation Hailstone
Operation Iceberg
Enterprise Air Group
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Task Force 50
Battle of Tarawa
USS Intrepid (CV-11)
Task Force 58
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign (Operation Flintlock)
Operation Hailstone
USS Hancock (CV-19)
Task Force 58
Battle of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg)
USS Hancock (CV-19)
COMAIRPAC
Wake Island
USS Hancock (CV-19)
Task Force 38
air raids on Japan
amphibious landing on Makin Atoll
Kwajalein
Essex-class
USS Intrepid (CV-11)
amphibious landings on Kwajalein Atoll

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