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 1 October 1944, redesignated Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22) on 15 May 1946, redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron (Seaplane) 2 (VP-MS-2) on 15 November 1946, redesignated Patrol ...

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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 Station, North Island for Iwakuni, Japan.

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 were rescued by the U. S. destroyer Maddox.

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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 surveillance in a land where there were few navigational aids and the fog and williwaw winds of the Aleutians were killers.

Oct 12, 2018 · 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 encounters between a VP-42 a/c and MiG’s 11 May 1952. Any further info on this encounter, or others, first hand or not, would be helpful. Keywords: units, aircraft

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 7285). The aircraft, flown by Ensign Thomas F. Ewing and Machinist M.L. Sheperd, was forced down at sea by engine trouble on 19 December 19 after picking up a party ...

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 all by itself! This is Crew 4 and the Pilot Steven Kish is one of my all-time favorite P5 drivers. His after mission statement was always "We cheated death again!"

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 the 50th anniversary of Naval Aviation. RB-1 later crashed on …