For general background, Felix with the lit fuse and the Lexington are mentioned here in our flexible Wiki friend:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFA-31
VFA-31, was originally established as VF-1B on July 1, 1935 flying the
F4B, making it the second oldest active US Navy squadron behind
VFA-14 which was originally established in 1919. On 1 July 1937, the squadron combined with VF-8B and was redesignated VF-6, flying the
F3F. Between the years 1937 and 1943 VF-6 flew the F3F-1 and two variants of the
F4F Wildcat and ended with the F4F-4. On 15 July 1943, VF-6 swapped designations with
VF-3 and began flying the
F6F Hellcat.
A VF-6 F4F-3 aboard
USS Enterprise, March 1942.
Through the years the squadron and their predecessors have served on many of the Navy's aircraft carriers, including the first, the
USS Langley; the second,
USS Lexington; and the sixth,
USS Enterprise. They were aboard
Enterprise during the
Attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battles of
Wake Island,
Marcus Island,
Midway,
Guadalcanal, and the
Eastern Solomon Islands. The squadron also saw aerial combat over the
Philippines,
Formosa,
Okinawa, and
China.