VA-21A (U.S. Navy)

Attack Squadron 21A
Active	28 August 1944 - 5 August 1947
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Attack
Aircraft flown
Attack	SB2C Helldiver SBD Dauntless FM-2 Wildcat

An SB2-C3 Helldiver similar to those flown by VA-21A

VA-21A was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy during World War II. It was established as Bombing Squadron VB-98 on 28 August 1944 and redesignated as VA-21A on 15 November 1946. The squadron was disestablished on 5 August 1947.

The squadron's mission was to provide a pool of trained dive-bomber pilots and aircrewmen for assignment as replacements to squadrons operating in the Pacific. The training practiced in the squadron included carrier landing qualifications, gunnery, bombing and night flying.^[1]

Aircraft assignment

The squadron was assigned the following aircraft in the months shown:^[1]

• SB2C-3 - Sep 1944
• SBD-6 - Sep 1944
• SB2C-4 - Oct 1944
• FM-2 - Oct 1944
• SBD-5 - Nov 1944
• SBW-3 - Dec 1944
• SBW-4E - Mar 1945
• SB2C-5 - Apr 1945

See also

• Attack aircraft
• History of the United States Navy
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.

1. Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). "VA-21A" (pdf). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center. p. 31.