Editing VT-8 (section)

==Central Pacific==
A new Torpedo Squadron 8 was established in 1943 as part of the new [[Carrier Air Group 8]] (CVG-8). It was assigned to the newly commissioned aircraft carrier {{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|2}} at Norfolk in November 1943. After training in the [[Caribbean Sea]], VT-8 left ''Intrepid'' at Pearl Harbor in January 1944.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wa3key.com/cv11data.html | title=History of the USS INTREPID CV-11 }}</ref> Here, VT-8 was assigned to {{USS|Bunker Hill|CV-17|6}}, in March 1944. VT-8 attacked [[Palau]], [[Yap]], [[Ulithi]], and [[Woleai]] on 30 March and 1 April 1944. [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], [[Satawan]], [[Pohnpei|Ponape]], and [[Jayapura|Hollandia]] on [[New Guinea]] were attacked a month later. CVG-8 then took part in the [[Operation Forager|Marianas Campaign]] between 12 June and 10 August 1944. VT-8 flew sorties in the [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] and the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. The [[Caroline Islands|Western Carolines]] were attacked in September, [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Luzon]], and [[Taiwan|Formosa]] were attacked in October and November 1944.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv17-bunkerhill/cv17-bunkerhill.html |title=U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Bunker Hill (CV 17) |access-date=2011-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414181447/http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv17-bunkerhill/cv17-bunkerhill.html |archive-date=2009-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For this deployment on ''Bunker Hill'', CVG-8 was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.

In June 1945, VT-8 trained with USS ''Saratoga'', but they did not deploy.<ref>Terzibaschitsch, Stefan. ''Flugzeugträger der U.S. Navy, Band 1: Flottenflugzeugträger''. Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1986, p. 344. {{ISBN|3-7637-5803-8}}</ref> CVG-8 (including VT-8) was disestablished after the end of the war.