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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
Lt William C. Mosely
Lt Ralph K. Wines
Lt Paul M. Henderson
Lt(jg) Arthur Abramson
Lt(jg) Jack F. Hankins
Lt(jg) John R. Meharg
Lt(jg) N D. Duberstein
Lt(jg) Lawrence H. Kenyon
Lt(jg) Henry M. Galloway
Lt(jg) Arthur J. Ward

Victories

Name	Date and Time	Location	Aircraft	Victim	Destroyed	Probable	Damaged
Richard T. Eastmond	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Richard H. Shireman	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Richard H. Shireman	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Richard H. Shireman	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M		1
George W. Staeheli	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
William P. Tukey	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
William P. Tukey	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
William P. Tukey	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M		1
Paul M. Henderson	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Paul M. Henderson	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Paul M. Henderson	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Paul M. Henderson	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
John R. Meharg	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
John R. Meharg	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
John R. Meharg	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Totals					13	2	0