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Re: Request for help
VF37 was on SANGAMON in October with Carrier Unit 1 ( 77.4.11) off Leyte and Samar; they had Glossy Sea Blue F6F-5s with a horizontal white tail band ( lower and wider than VF-15s) and number above it on the fin.
VC-66 was with Carrier Unit 2 ( 77.1.2) in Sept. off Morotai with FM-2s but VC-68 was at Leyte in October with Carrier Unit 1 ( 77.4.31) in Taffy 3 ( I'm pretty sure also FM-2s) both units with a white diamond on the rudder and number on the fin.
It's possible some FM-2s were in 3-colour camouflage (the Eastern Aircraft pattern) but most would be Glossy Sea Blue.
The markings notes I made some years ago presumably from photos somewhere.
Regards......... Nick
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