 Included in the casualties were Air Group Commander Weldon L. Hamilton and 16 pilots and aircrew from VT-11.On 16 June 1943 twenty eight pilots of VF-11 engaged an estimated 120 Japanese planes and shot down 31.On 1 August 1943 CVG-11 left Guadalcanal and boarded USS "Chenango", USS "St. Louis" and USS "Honolulu".