Flight Operations Summary

The following table provides a summary of Marine Bombing Squadron Six-Thirteen's flight operations, from the squadron's commissioning on October 1, 1943 through its decommissioning on November 21, 1945:

Month	Total Hours	Total Flights	Operational Losses	Combat Losses
October 1943	0.0	0	0	0
November 1943	84.6	37	0	0
December 1943	300.5	134	0	0
January 1944	906.8	435	0	0
February 1944	791.6	357	1	0
March 1944	1,565.7	784	0	0
April 1944	616.9	320	0	0
May 1944	726.3	427	0	0
June 1944	730.2	416	0	0
July 1944	642.9	352	0	0
August 1944	488.0	257	0	0
September 1944	822.2	427	0	0
October 1944	518.8	221	0	0
November 1944	81.9	57	0	0
December 1944	436.8	199	0	0
January 1945	725.8	308	0	0
February 1945	918.4	273	0	1
March 1945	1,266.0	302	0	0
April 1945	713.4	214	0	0
May 1945	947.0	306	0	0
June 1945	766.3	226	0	0
July 1945	861.0	271	0	0
August 1945	739.4	230	0	0
September 1945	405.4	154	0	0
October 1945	276.8	165	0	0
November 1945	0.0	0	0	0
Total	16,332.7	6,872	1	1

United States	8,194.5	4,167	1	0
Overseas	8,138.2	2,705	0	1

Completed strikes (one to nine aircraft participated in each): 78

Snooper and reconnaissance hops over enemy-held territory: 124

Hours on snooper and reconnaissance hops: 630.3

Hours of routine search & patrol: 3,616.6

Hours on hunter-killer searches: 469.2

Types of flights flown: Aerial photography; day and night snooper and reconnaissance; air-sea rescue; convoy patrol; anti-submarine patrol; hunter-killer; test flights; strikes; patrol of friendly native atolls; dropping surrender messages and leaflets; supplying air cover for Japanese surrender; escorting SB2C and F4U squadrons on strikes; flying problems to be solved by the island ground control interception station; investigation of lights, dye-markers, life rafts, aircraft, flashing reflections, oil slicks, and false radio signals; weather flights; training hops in gunnery, cannon, rockets, and bombs, and; transportation hops carrying high ranking personnel.

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