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Type	Carrier Bomber
Commissioned
Formed at
Decommissioned	15/11/1946

Squadron history

Airbases and Ships

Base	From	To	Notes
Saratoga (CV-3)	08/12/1941	15/02/1942
Kaneohe	15/02/1942	10/04/1942
Enterprise (CV-6)	10/04/1942	30/04/1942
Kaneohe	30/04/1942	29/05/1942
Yorktown (CV-5)	29/05/1942	07/06/1942
Saratoga (CV-3)	22/06/1942	31/07/1943
Seattle	25/09/1943	06/10/1943
Whidbey Island	06/10/1943	02/02/1944
Pasco	02/02/1944	05/04/1944
Alameda	05/04/1944	16/04/1944
Essex (CV-9)	16/04/1944	21/04/1944	In transit
Puunene	21/04/1944	07/06/1944
Hilo	07/06/1944	22/07/1944
Kahului	22/07/1944	24/10/1944
Ranger (CV-4)	16/08/1944	19/08/1944	Carrier qualifications
Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86)	25/08/1944	26/08/1944	Carrier qualifications
Yorktown (CV-10)	24/10/1944	06/03/1945