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VB-104 / VPB-104

VB-24 Established: 01AUG41
VPB-24 Redesignated: 01OCT44
VB-104 Redesignated: 01OCT44
VPB-104 Redesignated: 01OCT44

Aircraft: PB4Y-1 Privateer

Deployments
NAS Kaneohe Bay HI 10 Apr 1943
NAAS Kearney Field CA 15 May 1944
NAS Kaneohe HI 28 Jul 1944
Tacloban Airfield, Philippines 1 Dec 1944
Clark Field, Luzon, Philipines 2 Mar 1945

 

 

Theater made. Embroidered on wool.

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Theater made. Silkscreened on linen.

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Theater made. Embroidered on linen.

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Theater made (New Zealand or Australia). Embroidered on wool. Crew 25 patch.

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Crew 25 patch on flight jacket.

 

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10 Apr 1943: VB-104 was established at NAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The squadron was formed with a cadre of personnel from VP-71 and equipped with the PB4Y-1 Liberator. The squadron came under the operational control of FAW-2. Daily patrols were commenced immediately after formation, covering the approaches to Midway, Johnston Island and Canton. It was mid-July before the squadron attained its full complement of aircraft and personnel.

15 Aug 1943: Training at Kaneohe was completed and orders were received to proceed to Carney Field, Guadalcanal, under the operational control of FAW-1, replacing VB-101.

6 Feb 1944: VB-104 was relocated from Guadalcanal to Munda field, New Georgia. Operational tasking was essentially the same as that assigned while at Carney Field.

15 May 1944: The squadron was reformed at NAAS Kearney Field, Calif., under the operational control of FAW-14.

28 Jul 1944: VB-104 began the transpac to NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii. Upon arrival the squadron came under the operational control of FAW-2, and continued its combat patrol training over the waters encircling the Hawaiian Island chain.

30 Oct 1944: VPB-104 departed Kaneohe for Morotai, N.E.I.

1 Dec 1944: VPB-104 was relocated to the Army’s Tacloban Airfield, in the southern Philippines.

2 Mar 1945: The squadron was relocated to Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines.

 

Source:

Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Chapter 4 Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) Histories (VPB-121 to VPB-141). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy.

 

VB-104

VPB-104

 

 

 

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