^The Jolly Rogers Sq.

Blackburn's Irregulars

In their five months of action in the Solomon's, the Jolly Rogers shot down 8 Japanese planes for every Corsair lost. In only 76 days of fighting, they flew 8,577 combat hours, destroyed 154 planes (and 5 ships) while losing only 13 pilots themselves. The squadron had 13 aces, more than any other naval unit. As the tide of the war in the Pacific turned, VF-17 was there. Doing more than their share to destroy and demoralize the Japanese military machine