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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(jg) John LeBoutillier
Lt(jg) Roy A. Bechtol
Lt(jg) M M. Tomme
Lt(jg) Arthur M. Payton
Lt(jg) George W. Staeheli
Lt(jg) Robert A. Frink
Lt(jg) Michael S. Alexatos
Lt(jg) Edward H. Martin
Lt(jg) Charles H. Ambellan
Lt(jg) Frederick D. Dickey

Victories

Name	Date and Time	Location	Aircraft	Victim	Destroyed	Probable	Damaged
John R. Meharg	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Alden P. Morner	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Alden P. Morner	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M	1
Alden P. Morner	15/06/1944 02:45	Iwo Jima	F6F	A6M		1
Franklin L. Clark	19/06/1944 06:55	283deg, 200m from TF	F6F	J2M	1
Franklin L. Clark	19/06/1944 07:50	233deg, 310m from TF	F6F	J2M	1
James R. Pfister	19/06/1944 08:35	312deg, 210m from TF	F6F	A6M	1
Harry J. Mueller	19/06/1944 08:50	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
James R. Pfister	19/06/1944 09:10	312deg, 110m from TF	F6F	B5N	1
Bernard M. Strean	19/06/1944 11:15	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
Bernard M. Strean	19/06/1944 11:15	Guam	F6F	Ki-61	1
Roy A. Bechtol	19/06/1944 11:15	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
Roy A. Bechtol	19/06/1944 11:15	Guam	F6F	Ki-61	1
Roy A. Bechtol	19/06/1944 11:15	Guam	F6F	Ki-61	1
Jack F. Hankins	19/06/1944 11:15	Guam	F6F	A6M	1
Totals					14	1	0