Commanding Officers of VF-33
Notice of Apology!
I am completely embarrassed in that I omitted one of VF-33's finest skippers, Royce Williams. Royce was the last Crusader skipper who led the Tarsiers on a round the world cruise. He also led the squadron into the mighty Phantom. My apologies for omitting Skipper Williams. -- EZ
GRUMMAN F6F "HELLCAT"
| CDR H. M. Russell | September 1943 |
| Squadron Disestablished | July 1946 |
GRUMMAN F8F "BEARCAT"
| LCDR H. H. Epes, Jr. | October 1948 |
CHANCE-VOUGHT F4U "CORSAIR"
| CDR. W. A. Fabrick | March 1951 |
| CDR E. W. Krebsback | January 1952 |
| CDR W. J. Schub | March 1953 |
GRUMMAN F9F "COUGAR"
| CDR. K. H. Stefan | March 1955 |
NORTH AMERICAN FJ-3 "FURY"
| CDR R. H. Jester | April 1956 |
| CDR J. V. Ferris | July 1956 |
GRUMMAN F11F-1 "TIGER"
| CDR A. R. Seiler | January 1958 |
| CDR C. R. Sawyer | July 1959 |
| CDR. J. A. Gillcrist | May 1960 |
CHANCE-VOUGHT F8U "CRUSADER"
| CDR E. H. Doolin, Jr. | March 1961 |
| CDR E. Leavitt, Jr. | March 1962 |
| CDR L. N. Smith | January 1963 |
| CDR W. A. Scott | November 1964 |
| CDR R. Williams | 1965 |
MCDONNEL DOUGLAS F-4B/J "PHANTOM II"
| CDR R. Carlquist | August 1965 |
| CDR J. R. C. Mitchell | August 1966 |
| CDR W. D. Knutson | June 1967 |
| CDR D. C. Shepherd | June 1968 |
| CDR O. G. Elliot | June 1969 |
| CDR L. R. Myers | June 1970 |
| LCDR G. L. Murray | June 1971 |
| LCDR F. G. Staudenmayer | June 1972 |
| CDR C. R. Collicott | August 1973 |
| CDR J. M. Welch | December 1974 |
| CDR T. E. Davis | March 1976 |
| CDR S. Phimister | March 1977 |
| CDR J. E. Allen | July 1978 |
| CDR F. H. Vogt | December 1979 |
GRUMMAN F-14A "TOMCAT"
| CDR J. A. Best | June 1981 |
| CDR D. N. Sogga | June 1982 |
| CDR R. A. Burnett | November 1983 |
| CDR C. W. Hoffman | April 1985 |
| CDR T. M. Bucchi | December 1986 |
| CDR R. J. Edington | May 1988 |
| CDR D. O. Snodgrass | October 1989 |
| CDR L. H. Schmidt | January 1981 |
| CDR A. R. Reade | April 1992 |
| CDR S. C. Schlientz | July 1993 |