YT-Y26 · Original aircraft action report · digitised microfilm scan

Bunker Hill: VF-84 aircraft action report 40

F4U-1D load, participating aircraft, operational loss, attack table and narrative on 7 April 1945.

Author
US Navy · Fighting Squadron 84
Date
7 April 1945 · action date
Passage
NDL4003755 · NARA RG243 · USB-06 R07:0329–0332 · PDF pp.1–4

What has been checked

All retained PDF images visually inspected on 21 October 2026; catalogue and unit/report fields compared. SHA-256 ab6ae52f0158d40c696a8eeda3b4f1aa121da0dc32ca423d0864aeb56539e24c.

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Four images are present although the forms say sheets 1–4 of 5; no fifth sheet is claimed as inspected. The opening table says 15 attacking, the attack table 14; the latter records one hit and unknown damage. Narrative destruction claims are not reconciled enemy losses. The loss is classified operational, cause unknown; missing status is not a later casualty determination. Photographs are said to have been destroyed in a fire, whose date is not established here.

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