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VF(N)-77

Type	Carrier Fighter
Commissioned	01/12/1943
Formed at	Quonset
Decommissioned	25/09/1944

Squadron history

Airbases and Ships

Base	From	To	Notes
Quantico
Quonset Point	01/12/1943	10/12/1943
Charleston	10/12/1943	01/02/1944
Essex (CV-9)	29/04/1944	25/09/1944	Detachment A
Wasp (CV-18)	19/05/1944	24/06/1944	Detachment C
Yorktown (CV-10)	29/05/1944	24/06/1944	Detachment B
Franklin (CV-13)	29/07/1944	25/09/1944	Detachment B

Pilots

Name	From	Until	Role
LtCdr Robert M. Freeman	01/12/1943	25/09/1944	CO
Lt Anthony C. Benjes			Detachment B
Lt John H. Boyum
Lt J C. Kaynor			Detachment B
Lt(jg) W F. Wolf			Detachment B
Ens George L. Tarleton
Ens Charles A. Soderlund
Ens Joseph H. Rohde
Ens T L. Roberts			Detachment B

Victories

Name	Date and Time	Location	Aircraft	Victim	Destroyed	Probable	Damaged
George L. Tarleton	20/06/1944 03:50	Agana	F6F	D3A	1
George L. Tarleton	20/06/1944 04:10	Agana	F6F	D3A	1
Robert M. Freeman	20/06/1944 04:10	Agana	F6F	D3A	1
Joseph H. Rohde	04/07/1944 06:00	Futamike	F6F	A6M	1
Anthony C. Benjes	11/07/1944 03:33		F6F	G4M	1
Charles A. Soderlund	12/07/1944 05:08	210-degrees, 90m from location	F6F	G4M	1
John H. Boyum	16/07/1944 12:00	Unstated	F6F	G4M	1
Anthony C. Benjes	01/09/1944 03:30	At sea	F6F	H8K	1
Totals					8	0	0