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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

Victories

Name Date and Time Location Aircraft Victim Destroyed Probable Damaged
Harold G. Wangberg 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Gilbert D. Kerlin 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Trueman A. Place 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Robert R. Baysinger 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Robert R. Baysinger 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Michael S. Alexatos 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Michael S. Alexatos 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Michael S. Alexatos 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Arthur J. Ward 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Franklin L. Clark 24/06/1944 07:50 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Robert A. Frink 24/06/1944 04:44 290deg, 65m from TF F6F A6M 1
Trueman A. Place 24/06/1944 04:44 290deg, 65m from TF F6F A6M 1
Morris D. Wilmot 24/06/1944 04:44 290deg, 65m from TF F6F B5N 1
Richard T. Eastmond 03/07/1944 03:55 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Richard T. Eastmond 03/07/1944 03:55 Iwo Jima F6F A6M 1
Totals 11 4 0