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Type	Carrier Fighter
Commissioned	02/09/1941
Formed at
Decommissioned	22/08/1942

Squadron history

Airbases and Ships

Base	From	To	Notes
Hornet (CV-8)	29/12/1941	19/06/1942

Pilots

Name	From	Until	Role
LtCdr Samuel G. Mitchell			CO
Lt Edward J. O'Neill			XO
Lt Stanley E. Ruehlow			FO
Lt Fitzhugh L. Palmer
Lt Bruce L. Harwood
Lt Warren W. Ford
Lt(jg) John F. Sutherland
Lt(jg) Minuard F. Jennings
Lt(jg) Lawrence C. French
Lt(jg) Richard Gray