Ewa to Guadalcanal
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Window 1 · VMF‑213, First Tour · Leg 2

Ewa to Guadalcanal

2nd Lt. Haskell “Hack” Tarman crosses the equator aboard the escort carrier USS Nassau, then flies his first combat tour into the just-secured Solomons.

2legs
42days
~3,970n. miles
160°E 170°E 180° 170°W 160°W 20°N 10°N 0° 10°S International Date Line (military zone-time convention) N NEW HEBRIDES SOLOMON ISLANDS USS Nassau · ~3,400 nm · 8 days F4U-1 Corsair · ~570 nm EWA, OʻAHU depart Sun Feb 21, 1943 Equator ESPIRITU SANTO Turtle Bay · Mar 1–Apr 4, 1943 GUADALCANAL Fighter One · arrive Apr 4, 1943
Schematic route map, not to navigational scale — legs drawn as straight lines rather than true tracks. Tap or hover any marker for details. Drawn from 01_Hack_Timeline.md (Window 1, sourced to the VMF-213 War Diary and Sherrod's official history) and tarman-chapters.md (ch.27).
Route (ship, then flight echelon)
Duty station
Waypoint (equator crossing)

Full itinerary

LegRouteModeDepartArriveDistance
1 Ewa → Espiritu Santo USS Nassau (CVE-16) Sun Feb 21, 1943 Mon Mar 1, 1943 ~3,400 nm
2 Espiritu Santo → Guadalcanal F4U-1 Corsair Sun Apr 4, 1943 Sun Apr 4, 1943 ~570 nm