walika Posted September 12, 2017 Share #1 Posted September 12, 2017 VB-89 | VBF-89 | VP-89 "Pied Pipers" | VT-89 | CAG-89 - USS Antietam (CV-36) This thread will share a wonderful grouping I acquired about fifteen years ago attributed to Lt. Commander Joshua Cookenbach, Jr., who served aboard the Antietam as CAG-89 (Commander Air Group 89). This grouping includes photos, publications, patches and decals. USS Antietam (CV-36) was launched 20 August 1944 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; commissioned 23 January 1945. It joined the Pacific Fleet too late to participate in active combat operations during WWII, instead serving in a support role and after the war the occupation of China and Korea. SB2C-5 Helldiver and F4U Corsair aircraft of US Navy squadrons VB-89 and VF-89 aboard USS Antietam, 1945; note USS Highbee in background. United States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation A TBM-3E Avenger of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 89 in flight over USS Antietam (CV-36) off Hawaii, possibly in 1945. U. S. Naval Institute. U. S. Navy photo. CAG-89 13 June 1945 - 19 June 1945Transit to Pearl Harbor12 August 1945 - 1 September 1945West Pacific Squadrons and aircraft: VF-89 | F6F-5, F6F-5PHVBF-89 | F4U-4VB-89 | SB2C-4EVT-89 | TBM-3E Lt. Commander Joshua Cookenbach, Jr. (1907-2012) served four years of active duty with the U. S. Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific as a lieutenant-commander and naval aviator during WWII. By the close of WWII he was CAG-89 (Commander Air Group 89) on board the USS Antietam (CV-36). He was commissioned a Lieutenant following completion of Naval Training School, Quonset Point, RI. (Class 4, 1942.) already a career executive with Bell Telephone, he enlisted in 1942. He returned to the telephone company upon his return home in late 1946. VP-89 aboard the Antietam. Tsingtao, China. 5 November 1945. from left: Lt. Cmdr. Carl Shoup, USS Antietam; Lt. W. L. Griffiths, ComCarDiv-5 and Lt. Cmdr. Joshua Cookenhack, Jr., CAG-89. Due to Forum limits on the number of photos in a post, the post will continue in this thread, below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted September 12, 2017 VB-89 Established 2 Oct 1944 Disestablished 22 Apr 1946 Aircraft: F6F-5, F6F-5P Embroidered on wool. 5" round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted September 12, 2017 VBF-89 Established 14 June 1945Disestablished 21 November 1945 Aircraft: F4U-4 Embroidered on wool. 5" round. Plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted September 12, 2017 VP-89 | "Pied Pipers" Aircraft: SB2C-4E Embroidered on wool. 5" across. Decal (6.5") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted September 12, 2017 VT-89 Aircraft: TBM-3E Embroidered on wool. 5" across. Decal. 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted September 18, 2017 Share #6 Posted September 18, 2017 Great Stuff Rick! I noticed some weeks ago at Ebay a VB-89 patch and decals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted September 18, 2017 Share #7 Posted September 18, 2017 and the patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted March 20, 2018 Share #8 Posted March 20, 2018 Here is another one shot of VB-89 - SB2C-5 over Tsingtao (now Qingdao) on the east coast of China, taken 29 Sept. 1945. Photo was scanned by a employee of Naval Aviation Museum Org. Thanks a lot for that. Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted May 11, 2018 Share #9 Posted May 11, 2018 Some weeks ago I was able to find a VB-89 decal. Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted May 11, 2018 Share #10 Posted May 11, 2018 If look closer at photo of VB-89 at USS Antietam (CV-36) we can see that first Helldiver have a decal on his right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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