• VPB-98 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Bombing Squadron 98 (VPB-98) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished...
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    ATU-501 VPB-2 VR-8 VR-10 VR-21 VPB-16 VPB-17 VPB-20 VP-21 VPB-27 VPB-34 VP-40 VP-46 VP-56 VPB-98 VPB-99 VPB-202 VPB-203 VP-204 VP-205 VPB-206 VPB-207 VP-208...
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  • Florida, or NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. The sister squadron to this unit was VPB-98 at NAS San Diego, California. 1 May – 31 July 1945: Between 19 and 30 crews...
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  • VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons Chapter 2 – Guidelines for Navy Aviation Squadron Lineage and Insignia Appendix 4 – Lineage Listing for VP, VB, VPB,...
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    VPB-211 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron Two Hundred Eleven (VP-211) on 15 February 1943...
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    service BFBS Radio: FM: 94.3 BFBS Radio 2: FM: 96.3 BFBS Gurkha Network: FM: 98.3 BFBS Bosnia Local service BFBS Radio: FM: 102.0 (Butmir Camp) BFBS Radio...
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  • Squadron (VPB) Histories (VPB-1 to VPB-16) Chapter 4 Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) Histories (VPB-17 to VPB-29) Chapter 4 Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) Histories...
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     United States United States Navy FAW-2 FAW-3 FAW-5 FAW-14 VPB-1 VPB-4 VPB-13 VPB-15 VPB-100 VP-102 VR-2 VR-6 VR-8 VE-1 VH-1 United States Coast Guard...
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  • Airlines VOYAGER AIR Bangladesh 9V VPA Vipair Airlines VIAIR Kazakhstan defunct VPB Veteran Air VETERAN Ukraine VPV VIP-Avia VIP AVIA Georgia VRA Vertair VERITAIR...
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    VB-116 operating PB4Y-1s from 7 July-27 August 1944 VPB-121 operating PB4Y-1s from 1 March-3 July 1945 VPB-144 operating PV-2s from 27 June 1945 until September...
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  • VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons Chapter 2 – Guidelines for Navy Aviation Squadron Lineage and Insignia Appendix 4 – Lineage Listing for VP, VB, VPB,...
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    United States Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (Bureau Number: 59415) of VPB-119 went down in Typhoon Jean over the South China Sea. All seven members...
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    Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons: Volume 2 The History of VP, VPB, VP(HL) and VP(AM) Squadrons. Washington DC: Naval Historical Centre, 2000...
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    Bombing Squadron 111 (VPB-111) on 1 December, Patrol Bombing Squadron 108 (VPB-108) on 4 April 1945, Patrol Bombing Squadron 123 (VPB-123) on 25 May, and...
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    Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons: Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(HL) and VP(AM) Squadrons. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center,...
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    public order barracked reserve, known as the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften (VPB). These units were, like the Kasernierte Volkspolizei, equipped as motorised...
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    News. Retrieved 7 May 2015. Roberts, Michael D. (2000). The History of VP, VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons. Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons...
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    commissioned as an ensign and became a naval aviator in 1944. He served with VPB-197, VPB-102 and VPHL-106. During a furlough to visit his parents in Minnesota...
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    Squadron 144 (VB-144) on 1 July 1943, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 144 (VPB-144) on 1 October 1944, redesignated Patrol Squadron 144 (VP-144) on 15 May...
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  • and stayed in San Julián until February 11, 1945 when they we relieved by VPB-145. Between mid-1942 until early 1944, seven Cuban ships were sunken by...
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    PB4Y, Navy Liberator. The Navy had stationed at base unit VB-109, VD-4 and VPB-109 flying Lockheed Ventura Harpoon-PV-1 and Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer...
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    a Mark 24 FIDO Torpedo from US bomber patrol Lockheed PV-2 "Harpoon" of VPB-142's 18th Wing based at Tinian I-166 – sunk by HMS Telemachus in the Straits...
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    Squadron 27 (VP-27) on 1 June 1944, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 27 (VPB-27) on 1 October 1944, redesignated Patrol Squadron 27 (VP-27) on 15 May...
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  • 24 October 1944 U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, BuNo 59394, of VPB-106, out of NAAS Camp Kearney, California, became lost in bad weather on...
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    storage of 350 spare planes at the base. Based at Pityilu Airfield was: VPB-146 (PV-1, Lockheed Ventura unit) ACORN 28 VJ-2 (JM-1 detachment Able, Martin...
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  • Squadron VPB-103 PB4Y-1 Privateer RAF Dunkeswell US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-105 PB4Y-1 Privateer RAF Dunkeswell US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-110...
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  • – Depth-charged off Saipan on 27 June 1945 by a US Navy patrol bomber of VPB-142. I-66/I-166 – Sunk off One Fathom Bank on 17 July 1944 by HMS Telemachus...
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  • Coronadoes Island, 20 miles off the Southern California coast. Flying boat was of VPB-13, FAW-1, pilot was Lieutenant Robert D. Cullinane. Aircraft crashed on...
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  • 115.833) by US Navy Consolidated PB4Y aircraft of Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-104. U-772  Kriegsmarine World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth...
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    "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons, Chapter 3". Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical...
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