 They completed Carrier Qualification Training (CQT) at NAS Chicago aboard either the Sable or Wolverine.For the most part the pilots flew North American SNJ trainers or six FM1 Wildcats until late August when they were transported to NAS North Island, San Diego to take delivery of twenty-four new Vought F4U-1D Corsairs.They participated in gunnery and bombing training at the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake in the Mojave Desert.