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Re: F4U-4 in action in Okinawa, 1945

Here are the losses for F4U-4s during WW2. Hope they're of interest.

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Date		BuNo		Squadron	Origination		Destination	Hemisphere	Pilot

 25-Mar-45	80802		VBF-89		USS Antietam				Cent.Lant.	Lt. T.F. Godding
 28-Mar-45	80805		VBF-89		USS Antietam				Cent. Lant.	Lt.(jg) A.S. Paulson
 10-Apr-45	80799		VBF-89		USS Antietam				Cent. Lant.	Ens. David L. Girardet
 15-Apr-45	80810		VBF-89		USS Antietam				Cent.Lant.		
 17-May-45	80851		VMF-223					Samar		P.I.		2nd Lt. Robert Huxham
 20-May-45	80912		VMF-212					Samar		P.I.		
 30-May-45	80856		SERVRON-14				Samar		P.I.		
 31-May-45	81553		VBF-89		USS Antietam		Panama		Cent.Lant.	Lt.(jg) T.F. Kendrick
 07-Jun-45	81028		VBF-94		USS Lexington		Pearl		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. R.S. Isaacs
 07-Jun-45	81118		VBF-94		USS Lexington		Pearl		E.Cen.Pac.	Lt.Cdr. L.S. Wall, Jr.
 09-Jun-45	81084		VBF-6		USS Hancock				E.Cen.Pac.		
 09-Jun-45	81346		VBF-2					Pearl		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. Donald K. Hobson
 11-Jun-45	81000		SERVRON-14				Okinawa		Empire		
 11-Jun-45	81173		SERVRON-14				Okinawa		Empire		
 13-Jun-45	80892		SERVRON-14				Okinawa		Empire		
 13-Jun-45	81493		VBF-86		USS Wasp				P.I.		
 14-Jun-45	81121		POOL					Pearl		E.Cen.Pac.		
 15-Jun-45	81336		VBF-86		USS Wasp				P.I.		
 16-Jun-45	81217		VBF-94		USS Lexington				W.Cen.Pac.	Lt.(jg) C.W. Snyder
 17-Jun-45	81116		VBF-2					Hilo		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. Louis J. Smoley
 17-Jun-45	81210		VBF-2					Hilo		E.Cen.Pac.	Lt. Richard W. Hellis
 18-Jun-45	81304		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		
 18-Jun-45	81332		VBF-86		USS Wasp				P.I.		
 20-Jun-45	81209		Pool		Pearl					E.Cen.Pac.		
 20-Jun-45	81262		VBF-94		USS Lexington		Wake Island	W.Cen.Pac.	Lt. Nicholas M. Pavonetti
 21-Jun-45	81052		VMF-222					Okinawa		Empire		Lt. A.J. Austin
 21-Jun-45	81066		VMF-212					Okinawa		Empire		2nd Lt. Thomas R. McKay
 25-Jun-45	80862		SERVRON-14				Okinawa		Empire		
 28-Jun-45	80882		SERVRON-14				Okinawa		Empire		
 28-Jun-45	81187		Pool		Pearl			Pearl		E.Cen.Pac.		
 28-Jun-45	81309		VBF-86		USS Wasp		Pearl		E.Cen.PaC.		
 29-Jun-45	80913		VMF-212					Okinawa		Empire		2nd Lt. James B. Wortman
 29-Jun-45	81018		VMF-212					Okinawa		Empire		
 01-Jul-45	81061		VMF-222					Awase		Empire		
 02-Jul-45	81158		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Lt.(jg) John F. O'Neil
 02-Jul-45	81303		VBF-86		USS Wasp				Empire		
 02-Jul-45	81605		VBF-89					Hawaii		E.Cen.Pac.	Lt.(jg) S.C. Bain
 04-Jul-45	81529		VBF-150		USS Lake Champlain	Culebra Island	Cent.Lant.	Lt. J.P. Hancock
 05-Jul-45	81760		VBF-150		USS Lake Champlain			Cent.Lant.	Lt. J.F. Oliver
 07-Jul-45	80817		VMF-222					Awase		Empire		
 07-Jul-45	81012		VMF-212					Awase		Empire		Operational - not enemy action
 07-Jul-45	81044		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		Ens. Milton Zehr
 08-Jul-45	81589		VBF-89					Hawaii		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. E.J. Heitinger
 08-Jul-45	81671		VBF-10		USS Intrepid				E.Cen.Pac.		
 09-Jul-45	81034		ACORN-30				Tacloban		P.I.		
 09-Jul-45	81139		VBF-89					Hawaii		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. M.K. Spiess
 09-Jul-45	81540		VBF-89					Hawaii		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. R.L. Hearn, Jr.
 10-Jul-45	81180		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		Lt. Harvey G. Odenbrett
 10-Jul-45	81330		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Lt.(jg) Edward Clancy
 11-Jul-45	81110		VMF-222					Okinawa		Empire		2nd Lt. Clark Ketcham
 11-Jul-45	81684		VBF-10					Hawaii		E.Cen.Pac.	Ens. L.A. Penick
 13-Jul-45	81315		VBF-2					Saipan		W.Cen.Pac.	Ens. Roy K. Sorenson
 16-Jul-45	80875		VMF-223					Awase		Empire		Cpt. Donald L. Radway
 16-Jul-45	80941		VMF-223					Awase		Empire		2nd Lt. William V. Everett
 17-Jul-45	80982		VMF-223					Awase		Empire		
 17-Jul-45	81085		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		Ens. N.T. Edmondson
 18-Jul-45	80955		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		
 18-Jul-45	81073		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		
 18-Jul-45	81535		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Lt.(jg) Milton L. Adams
 18-Jul-45 	80847		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		
 19-Jul-45	81298		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		
 21-Jul-45	80963		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		
 21-Jul-45	81095		VMF-212					Okinawa		Empire		2nd Lt. John F. McGrath
 22-Jul-45	81501		VBF-86		USS Wasp				Empire		Lt.(jg) Arthur W. Anderson
 24-Jul-45	80920		VMF-223					Awase		Empire		
 24-Jul-45	80995		VMF-223					Awase		Empire		
 24-Jul-45	81070		VMF-223					Awase		Empire		
 24-Jul-45	81088		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Lt.(jg) Thomas Brett
 24-Jul-45	81099		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Lt. T.A. Sinclair
 24-Jul-45	81119		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Ens. H.F. Donnelley, Jr.
 24-Jul-45	81179		VBF-6		USS Hancock				Empire		Ens. C.L. Bausor
 24-Jul-45	81319		VBF-94		USS Lexington				Empire		Lt. Ralph E. Boggs
 24-Jul-45	81371		VMF-212					Awase		Empire		
 24-Jul-45	81185		CVG-2					Saipan		W.Cen.Pac.		

Full loss list at: http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...-outsideUS.xls
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