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VF-1

Type	Carrier Fighter
Commissioned	01/05/1943
Formed at	Alameda
Decommissioned	25/10/1945

Squadron history	Formed as VF-4 on 01/05/1943 Redesignated VF-1 on 15/07/1943

Airbases and Ships

Base	From	To	Notes
Alameda	01/05/1943
Hilo	23/08/1943	29/08/1943
Barber's Point	29/08/1943	08/11/1943
Barnes (CVE-20)	08/11/1943	25/11/1943
Nassau (CVE-16)	08/11/1943	25/11/1943
Hawkins Field	25/11/1943	16/01/1944
White Plains (CVE-66)	16/01/1944	05/02/1944
Kaneohe	05/02/1944	29/05/1944
Yorktown (CV-10)	29/05/1944	02/08/1944
Alameda	01/10/1944	06/11/1944
Fallon	06/11/1944	18/01/1945
Alameda	18/01/1945	02/03/1945
Kahului	09/03/1945	17/05/1945
Bennington (CV-20)	17/06/1945	24/09/1945

Pilots

Name	From	Until	Role
Cdr Bernard M. Strean			CO
Lt Scott A. McKeown
Lt Harrison R. Chilton
Lt Morris D. Wilmot
Lt Franklin L. Clark
Lt Richard T. Eastmond
Lt Robert R. Baysinger
Lt Richard H. Shireman
Lt Harry J. Mueller
Lt Floyd D. Hunter

Victories

Name	Date and Time	Location	Aircraft	Victim	Destroyed	Probable	Damaged
Richard T. Eastmond	22/12/1943 02:00	Mille	F6F	A6M	1
Walker A. Settle	22/12/1943 02:00	Mille	F6F	A6M		1
Earl C. Reinert	20/05/1944 07:00	286deg, 270m from TF	F6F	D3A			1
George W. Staeheli	11/06/1944 12:20		F6F	H8K	1
Edward H. Martin	11/06/1944 12:45		F6F	Ki-48	1
Arthur M. Payton	11/06/1944 01:00		F6F	H8K	1
Richard T. Eastmond	11/06/1944 02:45	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
Roy A. Bechtol	11/06/1944 02:45	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
John LeBoutillier	11/06/1944 02:45	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
William C. Mosely	12/06/1944 07:15	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
Robert R. Baysinger	12/06/1944 07:15	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
Paul M. Henderson	12/06/1944 09:00	Guam	F6F	Ki-21	1
Bernard M. Strean	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Roy A. Bechtol	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Jack F. Hankins	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Totals					13	1	1