Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, VF-41 da aka tura a kan goyon bayan Allied mamaye Arewa maso yammacin Afirka
, ya saukar da jirgin saman Vichy Faransa 14 a cikin Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat a ranar 8/9 ga Nuwamba, 1942. Rundunar ta rasa 7 F4Fs a cikin aiki a cikin wannan lokacin. A watan Oktoba da Nuwamba 1943 yayin da yake aiki daga USS "Ranger", VF-41 ya kai hari kan manufofi a Jamus da ke zaune a Norway.