Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron, currently consisting of F-35B Lightning II stealth STOVL strike fighter jets. Known as the "Wake Island Avengers" and the "Bastion Defenders", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma , Arizona and falls under the command of ...

During the course of this defense, the Marine ground forces and VMF-211 caused the loss of at least four enemy warships, including the first major Japanese naval vessels sunk during the Pacific...

U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211) operated the F4U Corsair in the South Pacific during World War II.

2019年10月11日 · VMF-211 lost seven of its twelve aircraft on the first day of fighting, before they ever got off the ground. Only five aircraft remained. They were sturdy, barrel-shaped Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats,...

2024年12月23日 · Defense artillery sank a Japanese destroyer, Hayate, while VMF-211’s four remaining Wildcats sank another destroyer, Kisaragi. The invasion force flagship, light cruiser Yubari , was bracketed by the Marine’s shore-based guns, and the Japanese force withdrew.

2016年6月30日 · In November 1941, VMF-211 embarked 12 of its 24 Wildcats and 13 of its 29 pilots aboard the USS Enterprise for movement to Wake Island, the scene of the squadron's heroic battle. On December 8, 1941 the Japanese attacked Wake, destroying seven of …

VMF-211 sustained over 60 percent casualties (23 killed, 11 wounded) following the Chitose Air Group’s opening strike on Wake. Three of Putnam’s pilots were killed, including Lieutenant Conderman, who died at the hospital later that same evening.