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VPB-4
VPB-4 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 102 (VP-102) on 1 March 1943, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 4 (VPB-4) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished on 1 November 1945. Operational history *1 March 1943: VP-102 was established at NAS San Diego, California, as a patrol squadron flying the PB2Y-3 Coronado seaplane. Squadron training was continued at San Diego through October 1943, when preparations were begun for the trans-Pacific flight to NAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. *8 November 1943: The squadron officially came under the operational control of FAW-2, NAS Kaneohe Bay, and the combat training syllabus was begun for all hands in preparation for the squadron's first combat tour. *27 January 1944: A detachment of six aircraft was sent to Midway Island to augment VP-13. On 30 January 1944, the detachment participated in its first combat mission against Japanese positions at Wake Island. The purpose of the long range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Inactive United States Navy Aircraft Squadrons
There are hundreds of US Navy aircraft squadrons which are not currently active dating back to before World War II (the U.S. Navy operated aircraft prior to World War I, but it did not organize them in squadrons until after that war). To be more accurate: there are hundreds of former U.S. Navy aircraft squadrons which have been disestablished and no longer exist and there are approximately 40 or so U.S. Navy aircraft squadrons which have been deactivated and which currently exist only "on paper" in an inactive status. These disestablished and/or deactivated squadrons are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "decommissioned" squadrons, but proper usage prior to 1998, was that squadrons were "established" and "disestablished" and after 1998, squadrons are "established", "deactivated" and sometimes "reactivated". It has never been correct to refer to U.S. Navy aircraft squadrons as being "commissioned" and "decommissioned", ships are commissioned and decommissioned, U.S. Navy aircr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
