VMF-114 Workup
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VMF-114 Workup

Hack catches up to a squadron that already left without him — Midway, back to Ewa, then out again to Espiritu Santo and a half-built fighter strip on Green Island, at the edge of the Rabaul blockade.

4legs
~85days
~6,680n. miles
150°E 160°E 170°E 180° 170°W 160°W 20°N 10°N 0° 10°S International Date Line N HAWAIIAN ISLANDS & MIDWAY SOLOMONS / BISMARCKS NEW HEBRIDES 1 · catches up, c. Jan 1944 3 · Mar 1944 4 · Mar–Apr 1944 2 · squadron returns, Feb 1944 EWA / PEARL HARBOR Oʻahu · Dec 19, 1943–Jan 1944 MIDWAY ISLAND Hack joins VMF-114, c. Jan 1944 ESPIRITU SANTO revisited · March 1944 GREEN ISLAND Nissan Atoll · Mar–Apr 1944
Schematic map, not to navigational scale — legs drawn as straight or gently offset lines, not true tracks. Gold = confirmed squadron movement; teal = the squadron's return leg, drawn as a separate arc purely so the back-and-forth to Midway stays legible. Tap or hover any marker for details. Drawn from 01_Hack_Timeline.md and VMF114_Dec1943-Sept1944_Research_Note.md (Wikipedia, HyperWar/USMC official history "Isolation of Rabaul").
Confirmed squadron movement
Return leg (Midway → Ewa, Feb 1944)
Duty station

Full itinerary

#RouteNotesDateDistance
1 Ewa/Pearl Harbor → Midway Island Hack catches up to VMF-114 c. early Jan 1944 ~1,130 nm
2 Midway Island → Ewa Squadron's real, confirmed return Feb 1944 ~1,130 nm
3 Ewa → Espiritu Santo Real, confirmed base move March 1944 ~3,400 nm
4 Espiritu Santo → Green Island (Nissan Atoll) Shares unfinished strip w/ VMF-212 March–April 1944 ~1,020 nm