Carrier Air Groups at NASKA, Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1945

	# Aircraft in Squadrons					Time at NASKA		Aboard Carrier
CV( )	VB	VBF	VC	VF	VT	From	To	CV( )	USS	Date
G 1	16	37		37	15	4/14/44	5/14/45	20	Bennington	7/21/45
G 3	36			37	18	9/5/44	9/26/44	10	Yorktown	10/31/44
G 9	24			49	16	11/7/44	12/27/44	16	Lexington	2/20/45
G 10				57		12/7/43	12/29/43	6	Enterprise	2/20/45
G 14	15	35		32	17	7/21/45	9/7/45
G 16	36			37	14	1/5/44	2/23/44	16	Lexington	3/29/44
G 19	36			42	22	3/29/44	6/5/44	16	Lexington	7/24/44
LG 25			9			10/26/43	11/16/43	L 25	Cowpens	12/7/43
LG 27				24	9	4/25/44	5/16/44	L 23	Princeton	6/6/44
LG 32				27	10	6/16/45	7/21/45	L 28	Cabot	8/4/45
LG 44				26	7	9/5/44	9/26/44	L 27	Langley	10/31/44
LG 45				23	11	10/31/44	11/7/44	L 30	San Jacinto	12/19/44
LG 48				24	11	12/27/44	1/2/45
G 86	20	56		40	14	2/6/45	3/10/45	18	Wasp	3/24/45
G 87	17	33		30	15	3/17/45	5/5/45	14	Ticonderoga	5/19/45
G 89	15	36		36	15	7/21/45	8/4/45	36	Antietam	9/7/45
G 92	15	40		36	16	5/26/45	6/26/45	16	Lexington	9/24/45
G 94	16			37	15	5/19/45	5/26/45	16	Lexington	6/16/45
EG 96			27			1/30/45	2/6/45	E 81	Rudyerd Bay	5/5/45
EG 99			24			2/6/45	3/24/45	E 75	Hoggatt Bay	5/5/45

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

CVG--carrier air group, CVEG--escort carrier air group, CVLG--light carrier air group,
VB--dive bomber squadron, VBF--bomber-fighter squadron, VC--composite aircraft squadron,
VF--fighter squadron, VT--torpedo squadron,
CV--carrier, CVE--escort carrier, CVL--light carrier

Note: The From and To dates are not actual arrival and departure dates but are dates of the aircraft location reports that showed a group was at NASKA. The reports were issued about every two weeks.

CVG 14 was disestablished in Sept. 1945 and CVLG 48 disestablished in Jan. 1945 therefore do not show carrier assignments.

NASKA did host groups after the war but detailed information is not available since the available aircraft location reports only go to Sept. 7, 1945. From newspaper accounts, CVG 80 and CVG 11 did train at NASKA after the war.

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References

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