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CVL-22 Independence
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Squadron | Aircraft Type |
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| 1943/4/21 | Trinidad | VC-22 | SBD-4 | 9 | Aboard |  |
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| Shakedown | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F4F-4 | 12 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/4/28 | Trinidad | VC-22 | SBD-4 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| Shakedown | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F4F-4 | 12 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/5/31 | NYD Philly | VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Quonset | |
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| VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Quonset | |
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| VF-22 | FM-1 | 12 | Willow Grove | |
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| VF-22 changes from Wildcats to Hellcats | |||||||||
| 1943/6/15 | Enrt Pacific | VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/7/6 | San Francisco | VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Aboard |  |
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| VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/7/28 | Pearl Harbor | VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/8/24 | Pearl Harbor | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Hawaii | |
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| VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Hawaii | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 14 | Hawaii | |
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| Marcus Island Raid September 1st | |||||||||
| 1943/9/7 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Hawaii | |
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| VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Hawaii | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Hawaii | |
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| 1943/9/14 | Pearl Harbor | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Puunene |  |
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| VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Puunene | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Pearl | |
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| 1943/9/21 | Pearl | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Puunene | |
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| VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Puunene | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Pearl | |
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| 1943/9/28 | Pearl | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Puunene | |
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| VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Puunene | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard CVL-24 | |
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| Wake Attack October 5/6 | |||||||||
| 1943/10/12 | Pearl Harbor | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VC-22 | SBD-5 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard | |
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| SBDs removed from Air Group | |||||||||
| 1943/10/19 | Pearl Harbor | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 9 | Kahului | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard CVL-24 | |
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| 1943/10/26 | Pearl Harbor | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 8 | Hilo | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 12 | Aboard CVL-24 | |
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| 1943/11/2 | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 17 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/11/9 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 17 | Aboard | |
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| VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| Rabaul raid November11 | |||||||||
| 1943/11/16 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 15 | Aboard | |
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| SoPac | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| Tarawa Attack November 19 | |||||||||
| Torpedoed November20 | |||||||||
| 1943/11/23 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 15 | Aboard | |
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| SoPac | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/11/30 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 15 | Aboard | |
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| SoPac | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/12/7 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 15 | Aboard | |
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| SoPac | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| 1943/12/14 | At Sea | VC-22 | TBF-1 | 15 | |
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| Enroute Pearl Harbor | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| Composite Squadron 22 redesignated Torpedo Squadron 22, 12/15 | |||||||||
| 21-12-43 | Pearl Harbor | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 23 | Hawaii | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1 | 8 | Hawaii | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 1 | Hawaii | |
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| 1943/12/29 | Enroute San Francisco for overhaul & repair, no aircraft permanently assigned until May, 1944 | ||||||||
| Overhaul, no aircraft | |||||||||
| 1944/1/5 | San Fran | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 23 | Hawaii | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1 | 8 | Hawaii | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 1 | Hawaii | |
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| 1944/1/11 | NYD MI | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 1 | Kaneohe | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1 | 3 | Kaneohe | |
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| 1944/1/18 | NYD MI | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 1 | Hilo | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1 | 4 | Hilo | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 1 | Hilo | |
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| 1944/1/25 | NYD MI | VF-22 | F6F-3 | 1 | Hilo | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1 | 4 | Hilo | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 1 | Hilo | |
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| 8/2/44 | NYD MI | Air Group Reforming | |||||||
| 15/2/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 23/2/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 29/2/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 7/3/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 14/3/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 21/3/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 29/3/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 4/4/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 11/4/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 18/4/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 25/4/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 2/5/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 9/5/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 16/5/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 23/5/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 30/5/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 6/6/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 13/6/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 20/6/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 27/6/44 | NYD Mare Island overhaul | ||||||||
| 1944/7/4 | Pearl | VF-22 | F6F-5 | 24 | "Hawaii" | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 8 | "Hawaii" | |
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| 1944/7/11 | Pearl | VF-22 | F6F-5 | 24 | "Hawaii" | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 8 | "Hawaii" | |
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| 1944/7/18 | Pearl | VF-22 | F6F-5 | 24 | "Hawaii" | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 8 | "Hawaii" | |
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| 1944/7/24 | Pearl | VF-22 | F6F-5 | 22 | "Pearl Harbor" | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 9 | "Pearl Harbor" | |
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| 8/1/1944 | Pearl | VF-22 | F6F-5 | 22 | "Hawaii" | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 9 | "Hawaii" | |
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| 1944/8/8 | Pearl | VF-22 | F6F-5 | 22 | "Hawaii" | |
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| VT-22 | TBF-1C | 9 | "Hawaii" | |
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| Aircraft numbers & camouflage for the next two months may be blank due to lack of information in US Navy reports | |||||||||
| 8/15/1944 | ?? | VF-22 | F6F-? | 23 | Barbers Point | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VT-22 | TBF-? | 8 | Barbers Point | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Air Group Change | |||||||||
| 1944/8/22 | ?? | VFN-79 | F6F-? | 19 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VFN-79 | TBF/M? | 8 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Air Group 79 redesignated CVLG(N)-41 | |||||||||
| "Dark sky, black sea: aircraft carrier night and all-weather operations" By Charles H. Brown states that VF(N)-41 originally operated 14 F6F-5Ns and five F6F-5s withour radars and received more -5Ns from VF(N)-78 "before sailing." The exact data and number was not listed, however. By the time the USN logs return to normal the -5Ns were listed as gone and the squardon was operating a mixture of -3Ns and -5s, but only for one report. At this point the -3Ns are gone and replaced by -5Ns, and it is un known if the -3Ns were a typo or no. So, for now I have left the exact type completely blank and only included the number of "VFs" listed on the Navy reports. Additionally, VT(N)-41 is described as having 12 TBM-1Ds, but the reports for this time, while lacking the type of airframe, only list nine "VTs" assigned to VT(N)-41. No reason for this difference is known at this time and this is the best information available at this time. | |||||||||
| Operation "KING II."- Leyte Landing - 8/29 to 9/21(?) as part of TG 38.2 | |||||||||
| 8/29/1944 | ?? | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | ?? | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M-1D? | 9 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| 1944/9/5 | ?? | VFN-41 | F6F-?N | 19 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M? | 8 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Attacks on Mindanao airfields, September 9-10 | |||||||||
| Attacks near Visayas in central Philippines September 12-14 | |||||||||
| VF(N)-41 night interception of 'Dinah' on 9-12 | |||||||||
| 1944/9/12 | ?? | VFN-41 | F6F-?? | 19 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M? | 8 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Atacks on airfields near Manila & around Luzon, Septeber 21-22, & Visayas on September 24 | |||||||||
| 1944/9/19 | ?? | VFN-41 | F6F-?? | 19 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M? | 8 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Return to non-crappy US Navy logs for two weeks <3 | |||||||||
| The log below reported F6F-3Ns, but the log immediately after has the exact same numbers of -5Ns. it is possible the -3Ns are a typo. | |||||||||
| 1944/9/26 | VFN-41 | F6F-3 | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-3N | 14 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 8 | Aboard | |
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| 1944/10/3 | Fwd Pacific | VFN-41 | F6F-3 | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 14 | Aboard | |
-5N returns | ||||
| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 8 | Aboard | |
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| 1944/10/10 | ?? | VFN-41 | F6F-?N | 19 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M? | 8 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Attacks on Formosa airfields, October 2-13 | |||||||||
| 1944/10/17 | VFN-41 | F6F-?N | 19 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | |||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M? | 8 | Aboard | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| Attacks on Western Vizayan Islands, October 21 | |||||||||
| VT(N)-41 spots Admiral Kurita's fleet in Surigao strait and carriers near Cape Engano before battle of Samar (separate patrols) | |||||||||
| 1944/10/24 | Fwd Pacific | VFN-41 | F6F-3 | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 14 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 8 | Aboard | |
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| Attacks on Manila-area airfields October 29 | |||||||||
| 1944/10/31 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 11 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 11 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 7 | Aboard | |
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| Attacks on Luzon, November 5-6 | |||||||||
| 1944/11/7 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 11 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 12 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 7 | Aboard | |
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| Attacks on Luzon, November 13-14, & 19 | |||||||||
| 1944/11/14 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 11 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 7 | Aboard | |
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| 1944/11/21 | VFN-41 | F6F-?N | 23 | |
Bad Logs | ||||
| VTN-41 | TBF/M? | 7 | |
Bad Logs | |||||
| 1944/11/28 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-3N | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 11 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1C | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| 12/5/1944 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5 | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 11 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 7 | Aboard | |
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| Attacks on Luzon airfields in support of Mindoro landings, December 14-16 | |||||||||
| 1944/12/12 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-3N | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 15 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1C | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| 1944/12/19 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-3N | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 15 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1C | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| 1944/12/27 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-3N | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 15 | Aboard | |
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| VFN-41 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1C | 3 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| Attacks around Luzon Jan 3-10 | |||||||||
| 1945/1/2 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 16 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1C | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-3D | 4 | Aboard | |
probably tri-color | ||||
| 1/9/1945 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-3D | 4 | Aboard | |
Probably Tri-color | ||||
| Attacks in Indochina area, January 12 | |||||||||
| 1945/1/16 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-3D | 4 | Aboard | |
Probably Tri-color | ||||
| 1945/1/23 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 9 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-3D | 4 | Aboard | |
Probably Tri-color | ||||
| 1945/1/30 | WestCenPac | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 15 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-3D | 5 | Aboard | |
Probably Tri-color | ||||
| 1945/2/6 | Enrt Pearl | VFN-41 | F6F-5N | 15 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-1D | 4 | Aboard | |
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| VTN-41 | TBM-3D | 5 | Aboard | |
Probably Tri-color | ||||
| 1945/2/13 | At Pearl | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1945/2/20 | At Pearl | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1945/2/24 | At Pearl | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1945/3/10 | WestCenPac | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Attack on Kyushu airfields, March 18 | |||||||||
| Attack on Inland Sea/Kure, March 19 | |||||||||
| Air Group 49 listed aboard only one week | |||||||||
| 1945/3/17 | WestCenPac | VF-49 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VT-49 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| Air Group 46 embarks | |||||||||
| 1945/3/23 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 8 | Aboard | |
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| Okinawa Invasion March 30 to June 10 | |||||||||
| 1945/3/31 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 8 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/4/7 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 8 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/4/14 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 8 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/4/21 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 8 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/4/28 | Report Missing | ||||||||
| 1945/5/5 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 22 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/5/12 | Report Missing | ||||||||
| 1945/5/19 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 22 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/5/26 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 22 | Aboard | |
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| VF-46 | F6F-5P | 2 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| Raid on Kyushu airfield Kamikazes had been operating from June 2-3 | |||||||||
| 1945= /6/2 | Report Missing | ||||||||
| 1945/6/9 | Report Missing | ||||||||
| 1945/6/16 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/6/23 | WestCenPac | VF-46 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VT-46 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| Air Group 27 replaces Air Group 49 | |||||||||
| 1945/6/30 | WestCenPac | VF-27 | F6F-5 | 25 | Aboard | |
Same A/C? | ||
| VT-27 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/7/7 | SoWestPac 38 | VF-27 | F6F-5 | 25 | Aboard | |
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| VT-27 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/7/14 | Report Missing | ||||||||
| Tokyo airfield attacks, July 10 | |||||||||
| Attacks on N. Honshu & S Hokkaido July 14 | |||||||||
| Attacks in Tokyo/Yokohama are July 17/18 | |||||||||
| 1945/7/21 | WestCenPac 36 | VF-27 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-27 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-27 | TBM-3 | 9 | Aboard | |
Possibly some GSB | ||||
| 1945/7/28 | WestCenPac 36 | VF-27 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-27 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-27 | TBM-3 | 6 | Aboard | |
Possibly some GSB | ||||
| VT-27 | TBM-3E | 3 | Aboard | |
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| 1945/8/4 | WestCenPac 36 | VF-27 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | |
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| VF-27 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-27 | TBM-3 | 6 | Aboard | |
Possibly some GSB | ||||
| VT-27 | TBM-3E | 3 | Aboard | |
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| August reports missing | |||||||||
| 1945/9/7 | WestCenPac 36 | VF-27 | F6F-5 | 24 | Aboard | | |||
| VF-27 | F6F-5P | 1 | Aboard | |
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| VT-27 | TBM-3 | 4 | Aboard | |
Possibly some GSB | ||||
| VT-27 | TBM-3E | 3 | Aboard | |
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