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Type	Carrier Fighter
Commissioned	15/02/1943
Formed at	Norfolk
Decommissioned	15/11/1946

Squadron history	Commissioned as VF-1 on 15/02/1943 Redesignated VF-5 on 15/07/1943

Airbases and Ships

Base	From	To	Notes
Norfolk	15/02/1943	18/05/1943
Yorktown (CV-10)	18/05/1943	16/06/1943	Shakedown cruise
Norfolk	16/06/1943	06/07/1943
Yorktown (CV-10)	06/07/1943	23/07/1943
Ford Island	23/07/1943	22/08/1943
Yorktown (CV-10)	22/08/1943