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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

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