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VMF-211

Designation VMF-211
Name Wake Avengers
Role VMF
Place of activation
Commissioned 1935-01-01
Decommissioned

Airbases and Ships

Base From To Notes
Wake Island 04/12/1941 23/12/1941
Palmyra 18/04/1942

Pilots

Name From Until Role
Maj Paul A. Putnam 23/12/1941 CO
2Lt Robert J. Conderman 08/12/1941
1Lt George A. Graves 08/12/1941
Capt Henry T. Elrod
2Lt Carl R. Davidson
2Lt John F. Kinney
TSgt William J. Hamilton
2Lt David D. Kliewer
2Lt Henry G. Webb
2Lt Frank J. Holden 08/12/1941

Victories

Name Date and Time Location Aircraft Victim Destroyed Probable Damaged
William J. Hamilton 09/12/1941 11:45 Wake Island F4F G3M 0.5
David D. Kliewer 09/12/1941 11:45 Wake Island F4F G3M 0.5
Carl R. Davidson 10/12/1941 10:45 Wake Island F4F G3M 1
Henry T. Elrod 10/12/1941 10:45 Wake Island F4F G3M 1
Henry T. Elrod 10/12/1941 10:45 Wake Island F4F G3M 1
Carl R. Davidson 11/12/1941 12:00 Wake Island F4F G3M 1
Henry T. Elrod 11/12/1941 12:00 Wake Island F4F G3M 1
John F. Kinney 11/12/1941 12:00 Wake Island F4F G3M 1
Frank C. Tharin 13/12/1941 05:00 Wake Island F4F H6K 1
Herbert C. Freuler 22/12/1941 12:00 Wake Island F4F B5N 1
Totals 7 1 1