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VP LogosLOGOs: VP-5 Logo ThumbnailCameraVP-5 Logo WebSite: VP-5 Official Site [09DEC2006]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-5 Logo ThumbnailCameraVP-5 Logo Insignia approved: 27 February 1951 "...VP (Patrol Squadron) Insignia that have been officially approved by OPNAVINST. 5030.4E..." http://www.history.navy.mil/insignia/vp/vp-i.html [17NOV2000]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-5 LogoCameraVP-5 Logo "...The New Fox. Designed and painted by YNC J. Ricker and AW3 L. Rud in NAS Sigonella, Sicily..." Contributed by BUERSTER, AWC(AW) Jim "Punky" jbuerster@hotmail.com [23JAN99]


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UPDATE "...I remember when Ensign Parker drew up the Squadron Logo, of the Fox striking a blow at a sub periscope. We were not known as the "Mad Foxes" during those years..." Contributed by Bill Landreth billy@chesapeake.net [02AUG98]

UPDATE "...I remember a contest to name the sq. or maybe just to come up with the logo..." Contributed by Joe NOLAN JoeCeliaN@aol.com [02AUG98]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-5 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-5 Patch Contributed by William T. Larkins wtl@ccnet.com [10SEP98]
Books U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941, U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959: Two Classics in One Volume [Appendix D Squadron Insignia] by William T. Larkins "...The insignia of Patrol Squadron Five consisted of a silhouette of the western hemisphere with a conventional pair of naval aviation wings superimposed, the figures so spaced as to be symmetrically contained inside a compass rose. The insignia is known as "Wings over Panama." Colors: Geographical areas, dark blue; wings, gold; compass rose, red with blue inner ring and black outer circle. VP-5F to VP-33 to VP-32..." [10SEP98]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-5 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-5 Patch [29NOV99]


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