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VF-1

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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) Arthur M. Payton
Lt(jg) M M. Tomme
Lt(jg) Roy A. Bechtol
Lt(jg) John LeBoutillier
Lt(jg) Arthur J. Ward
Ens Ivan C. Schug
Ens James Spivey
Ens Leon L. Cyphers
Ens Harold G. Wangberg
Ens Alfred W. Chandler

Victories

Name Date and Time Location Aircraft Victim Destroyed Probable Damaged
Jack F. Hankins 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
M M. Tomme 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
M M. Tomme 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F Ki-61 1
Richard T. Eastmond 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F Ki-61 1
Richard T. Eastmond 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
Richard T. Eastmond 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
Richard T. Eastmond 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
John LeBoutillier 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F Ki-61 1
Robert A. Frink 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
Robert A. Frink 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
Robert A. Frink 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F Ki-61 1
Robert A. Frink 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F Ki-61 1
Richard H. Shireman 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
George W. Staeheli 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F Ki-61 1
William P. Tukey 19/06/1944 11:15 Guam F6F A6M 1
Totals 13 2 0