Keywords: TBF VC-1 landing USS Card (CVE-11) 1943.jpg A U S Navy Landing Signal Officer on board USS Card ACV-11 guides a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger of Composite Squadron 1 VC-1 to recovery on board the ship In 1943 the Navy combined the former VGS Escort-Scouting Squadron and VGF Escort-Fighting Squadron into one These VC Composite Squadrons consisted most often of Avengers and F4F/FM Wildcat fighters and operated from escort carriers in both the Atlantic and Pacific VC-1 operated from USS Card and USS Block Island CVE-21 sinking five German U-boats http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16033836 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 1061 1943 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Card CVE-11 Grumman TBF Avenger Landing Signal Officer |