VP-42 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22) on 7 April 1944, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 22 (VPB-22) on …

VPNAVY is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Navy flying ASW VP/VPB Patrol Aircraft past and present. VPNAVY has attempted to collect every available piece of …

A BIT OF HISTORY: "00APR63--VP-42 received its first Lockheed SP-2E "Neptune" which was the first landplane in the unit's history. On 6 July 1964 the first Neptune departed Naval Air …

SAIGON (UPI)--A U. S. Navy patrol plane crashed while patrolling for submarines in the South China Sea off central Vietnam Tuesday, killing five of the 13-man crew. The eight survivors …

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VP-42, equipped at the outset with slow Catalina flying boats known as the PBY-5A, first was deployed to Alaska in 1941 from Seattle's Sand Point Naval Air Station. Its job was ocean …

2018年10月12日 · Comments: I am trying to gather information about the air combat operations of USN squadrons in Korea. In case of VP-42 I am interested in any information on the …

19-22 December 1942 | PC-571, commanded by LT Stanley W. Erdahl, rescued thirteen officers and crew of a Patrol Wing Four, Patrol Squadron 42 (VP-42), PBY-5A (hull number V23, BuNo …

A BIT OF HISTORY: VP-42 Crew 3 "...1959 Cruise VP-42 CREW 3 - 1959 Deployment to NS Sangley Point, Philippines - Photos from the cruisebook "BAMBOO BOMBER" which is a story …

AIRCRAFT: VP-42 P5M BUNO: 4937 "...RB-1...Parked on NAS North Island, San Diego, California Seaplane Ramp with a replica of the Navy's First Seaplane, the A1 Triad taken on …