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MARINE
FIGHTING SQUADRON TWO TWQENTY TWO
MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP ELEVEN
FIRST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, NAVY NO. 140 (ONE FOUR ZERO)
C/O FLEET POSTMASTER, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
| From:
1 August, 1943 |
To:
31 August, 1943 |
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Chief of Naval Operations
The Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
The Commanding General, Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific
The Commanding General, Marine Aircraft, South Pacific
The Commanding Officer, First Marine Aircraft Wing
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COMPOSITION
OF SQUADRON |
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OFFICERS
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ENLISTED |
PILOTS
FLIGHT SURGEON
GROUND OFFICERS |
30
1
4 |
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CORPSMEN
ENLISTED |
8
240
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35 |
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248
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| COMPOSITION
OF FLYING DIVISIONS |
| DIVISION
ONE
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DIVISION
FOUR |
VOLCANSEK,
M. J.
REID, W. O.
WILLIAMS, J. B.
CRAIG, J.
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GORDON,
A. N.
MORRIS, J. P.
YEAGER, S. J.
WILSON, R. W. |
| DIVISION
TWO
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DIVISION
FIVE |
SAPP,
D. H.
JONES, C. D.
TURNER, H. M.
McLEAN, C. T.
HOBBS, R. L.
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CARNAGEY,
P. W.
GHER, W. C.
MOORE, I. E.
SCHAEFFER, R. A.
HUGHES, F. E.
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DIVISION
THREE
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DIVISION
SIX |
MOORE,
W. D.
CARRELL, W. B.
KOETSCH, J. F.
LEACH, J. M.
HAZLETT, W. W. |
NEWLANDS,
J. P.
NUGENT, J. L.
PANKHURST, P. L.
WITT, J. W.
FOSTER, J. M. |
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| August
1 |
Enroute
to Espiritu Santo from Pearl Harbor |
| August
2 |
Enroute |
| August
3 |
Enroute |
| August
4 |
Enroute |
| August
5 |
Enroute |
| August
6 |
Enroute |
| August
7 |
Enroute |
| August
8 |
Enroute |
| August
9 |
Enroute |
| August
10 |
Enroute |
| August
11 |
Arrived
at Espiritu Santo aboard the U.S.S. Wright.
Joined MAG-11, FIRST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, from MAG-24,
4th MBDAW, F.M.F., this date. |
| August
12 |
Disembarked
at 0900 this date, began unloading ship. |
| August
13 |
Continued
unloading our squadron gear from the U.S.S. Wright, completed
the job of removing the gear from the ship to the docks
at 1600. |
| August
14 |
Moved
from our temporary quarters over to our assigned ones, for
this base. |
| August
15 |
Began
to square away our quarters and started to assigning the
men to their duties. |
| August
16 |
Daily
Routine. |
| August
17 |
Ten
(10) F4U-l's in commission and thirty (30) pilots available.
Twenty five (25) pilots flew on familiarization hops today.
We Joined five (5) enlisted men from VMF-124 this date. |
| August
18 |
Three
(3) sections flew familiarization hops today.
Six (6) pilots, Major Volcansek, Capt. W. D. Moore, Lt.
Reid, Lt. Williams, Lt. Wilson, and Lt. Yeager, ferried
six (6) F4U-1s to Guadalcanal. Joined 1st Lt. A.A. Case
and Marine Gunner P. R. Hombre from VMF-121, MAG-14, 2nd
MAW. |
| August
19 |
One
(1) familiarization flight and two (2) test hops completed
operations for today. Joined eight (8) enlisted men this
date, transferred Major D. H. Sapp and P.M. Carnagey from
United States Marine Corps Reserve to United States Marine
Corps. |
| August
20 |
Five
(5) pilots, Major Gordon, Lt. Craig, Lt. Hughes, Lt. Leach,
and Lt. Pankhurst, ferried five (5) planes to Guadalcanal.
Four (4) gunnery runs of four (4) planes each, one (1) test
hop, and one (1) familiarization flight, two (2) tactics
hops and one (1) eight (8) plane escort problem completed
today's operations. Joined two (2) corpsmen from Hq. Sq.
, MAG-11. Major Volcansek, Lt. Reid, Capt . W. D. Moore,
Lt. Williams, Lt. Wilson, and Lt. Yeager returned from ferry
hop to Guadalcanal. Transferred 1st Lt.'s F. V. Avey and
Bruce Ffoulkes to VMF-213, also S. E. Hostel, PM1c and V.P.
Lewis, PM1c to Hq. Sq. , MAG-11. |
| August
21 |
Five
(5) tactics flights of four (4) planes each and one (1)
tow hop completed today's operations, |
| August
22 |
Flying
secured today. Transferred one (1) enlisted man to Hq. Sq.,
MAG-11. |
| August
23 |
Two
(2) tactics hops of four (4) planes each, one (1) tow hop,
one (1) gunnery hop of four (4) planes, two (2) search flights
of two (2) planes each, Lt. Yeager became lost from his
section, on a gunnery run, during a squall and because of
insufficient gas he had to bail out. |
| August
24 |
Three
(3) test hops, and one (1) strafing hop of four (4) planes,
one (1) familiarization and four (4) tactics flights completed
today's operations. 1st Lt. A.A. Case and Marine Gunner
P. R. Hombre were Transferred to VMF-214 as of this date. |
| August
25 |
Four
(4) tactics hops of four (4) planes each, one (1) fixed
gunnery , one (1) towing and one (1) familiarization hop
was carried out today and one (1) strafing hop of four (4)
planes completed today's operations. Major Gordon's section
sighted Lt. Stephen Yeager on the island of Aoba, the commanding
officer was notified and the crash boat was sent out to
pick him up. An F4U-1, piloted by Lt. Hobbs, crashed on
take off, doing damage to three other planes that were on
the line. The propeller flew off seriously injuring Corp.
L. E. Cornelison who was working on one of the planes. Lt.
Hobbs received only minor cuts and bruises. The plane Lt.
Hobbs was in was damaged beyond repair. |
| August
26 |
One
(1) tactics hop or four (4) planes and one (1) strafing
hop of four (4) planes completed today's operations. |
| August
27 |
Today's
operations consisted of, three (3) tactics hops, each of
four (4) planes and two (2) familiarization flights. |
| August
28 |
Three
(3) tactics hops of four (4) planes each, one (1) fixed
gunnery and one (1) familiarization flight of two (2) planes
completed today's operations.
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| August
29 |
Flying
was secured for today. |
| August
30 |
Four
(4) strafing runs of four (4) planes, four (4) fixed gunnery
hops of four (4) planes each and one(1) test, hop completed
operations for today. |
| August
31 |
Four
(4) fixed gunnery runs, and four (4) tactics hops completed
the schedule today. Flying for pilots of VMF-222 was secured
today so that they could began to make their preparations
to shove off for their next base. |
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