Lt. Cdr. John S. “Jimmy” Thach was the commander of Fighter Squadron 3 (VF-3) aboard Enterprise. VF-3, a USS Saratoga (CV-3) fighter squadron, was integrated with pilots from Yorktown’s VF-42. Thach developed the “Thach Weave,”
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