VB-92 | Bombing Squadron Ninety-Two | "The Battling Beasts"

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VB-92 | Bombing Squadron Ninety-Two | "The Battling Beasts"

 

Commissioned: 1 Dec 1944 at NAS Wildwood

Decommissioned: 15 Dec 1945

 

Aircraft: SB2C

 

The squadron left for the forward area on Jun 29, 1945 arriving at Saipan on July 10. Airstrikes were made on Rota in early August before The Bomb.

 

"The Battling Beasts was the nickname of the squadron, derived from its insignia and the fact that the SB2C airplane was affectionately called The Beast by the pilots who drive it around."

 

Silkscreened on leather.

 

 

Decal

 

 

From Squadron History published in 1946.