VPM-1 History
Circa 1946
A BIT OF HISTORY: "23MAY46---VPW-2 began its trek to the Philippines on 23 May 1946, when three planes took off on a 14-hour flight to Kaneohe, Oahu. Ten days in Hawaii were followed by two weeks at Guam, where three planes from VPW-1 were transfered to VPW-2, bring both squadrons to 10 planes each..." Contributed by Ray Parsons parsonsjr@knology.net
A BIT OF HISTORY: "VPW-1...date of commissioning should be 15 Nov 1945 & redesignated VPM-1 15 Nov 1946. VPW-2 was commissioned 1 Dec 1945 & Disestablished 30 Nov 1946..." Contributed by Ray Parsons parsonsjr@knology.net
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Squadron History..." Contributed by Ray Parsons parsonsjr@knology.net
01OCT46--01OCT46-No operations 02OCT46-Two test flights 03OCT46-No operations 04OCT46-One test flight 05OCT46-One test flight 06OCT46-No operations 07OCT46-One training flight 08OCT46-One training flight 09OCT46-No operations 10OCT46-One test flight 11OCT46-One weather reco flight, one training flight, and one utility flight 13OCT46-No operations 14OCT46-One training flight 15OCT46-Two training flightes and one utility flight 16OCT46-Two utility flights 17OCT46-No operations 18OCT46-Two weather reco fligths and two test flights 20OCT46-One weather reco flight and two utility flights 21OCT46-Two weather reco flights, one training flight, and one search flight 23OCT46-Two weather reco flights, two training flights, and two utility flights 24OCT46-Two weather reco flights, two training flights, and one test flight 25OCT46-One search flight, one training flight, and four utility flights 26OCT46-One search flight and two utility flights 27OCT46-No operations...28OCT46-One training flight and one utility flight 29OCT46-Two training flights...30OCT46-Three training flights 31OCT46-One search flight01NOV46-One test flight and one scouting flight 02NOV46-One training flight and four administrative flights 03NOV46-One administrative flight...04NOV46-One test flight, one search flight, and three administrative flights 05NOV46-One training flight and two weather reco flights 06NOV46-One weather reco flight, one training flight, one test flight, and one administrative flight 07NOV46-One weather flight, one training flight, one test flight, and one utility fligh 08NOV46-Three weather reco flights and one training flight 09NOV46-Two weather reco flights 10NOV46-No operations 11NOV46-One ferry flight 12NOV46-Five training flights 13NOV46-One weather reco flight, two training flights, and two utility flights 14NOV46-One weather reco flight and two training flights 15NOV46-One weather reco flight and one administrative flight 16NOV46-One weather reco flight, one test flight, and one administrative flight 17NOV46-One weather reco flight and one administrative flight 18NOV46-One weather reco flight, one training flight, and one administrative flight 19NOV46-One weather reco flight and two training flights 20NOV46-One weather reco flight and three training flights 21NOV46-Two training flights 22NOV46-Five training flights 23NOV46-One training flight 24NOV46-No operations 25NOV46-Three training flights 26NOV46-One training flight and two test flights 27NOV46-Three training flights 28NOV46-One administrative flight 29NOV46-Two training flights and one test flight 30NOV46-One administrative flight 01DEC46-No operations 02DEC46-Two training flights 03DEC46-Two test flights 04DEC46-Two planes and crews arrived from Okinawa and four administrative flights 05DEC46-One test flight, one administrative flight, and two utility flights 06DEC46-Two training flights, one test flight, one administrative flight, and two utility flights 07DEC46-One photographic flight and one utility flight 08DEC46-One photographic flight, one administrative flight, and two test flights 09DEC46-One test flight, two administrative flights, and two utility flights 10DEC46-Two utility flights and three planes and crews departed to start training detachment 11DEC46-Two utility flights 12DEC46-Two training flights 13DEC46-One training flight and one test flight 14DEC46-No operations 15DEC46-One weather reco flight 16DEC46-One training flight 17DEC46-One administrative flight and three test flights 18DEC46-Three utility flights 19DEC46-Two utility flights 20DEC46-One utility flight 21DEC46-Two utility flights 22DEC46-Three utility flights 23DEC46-One training flight and two utility flights 23DEC46-One training flight and two utility flights 24DEC46-Two utility flights and one training flight 25DEC46-no operations 26DEC46-One weather reco flight and two utility flights 27DEC46-No operations 28DEC46-One weather reco flight 29DEC46-No operations 30DEC46-Four utility flights 31DEC46-No operations
Circa 1945
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...VPW-1 and VPW-2 were formed in 1945 and subsequently combined into VPW-1. Name was changed to VPM-1 & then VM1 when "Patrol" was eliminated..." Contributed by Ray Parsons parsonsjr@knology.net
Circa 1944 - 1949
A BIT OF HISTORY: PB4Y-2 Squadron Assignments "...PB4Y-2 Squadron Assignments 1944 - 1949 by W. T. Larkins 5-11-1984. A review of the aircraft history cards for the 740 aircraft 59350-60009 and 66245-66324 allows the following squadrons with one or more aircraft. Unfortunately the original assignment on many in 1944 is simply "PAC" for Pacific area. No card was found to verify VB-200 as the first squadron delivery or any Marine Corps squadrons. Squadrons listed include VP-12, VP-21, VP-22, VP-23, VP-25, VP-26, VP-27, VP-28, VP-29, VPB-100, VPB-101, VPB-10, VPB-102, VPB-104, VPB-106, VPB-107, VPB-108, VPB-109, VPB-111, VPB-114, VPB-115, VPB-116, VPB-117, VPB-118, VPB-119, VPB-120, VPB-121, VPB-122, VPB-123, VPB-124, VPB-143, VPB-197, VPB-200, VP-HL-1, VP-HL-2, VP-HL-4, VP-HL-6, VP-HL-7, VP-HL-8, VP-HL-9, VP-HL-10, VP-HL-11, VP-HL-12, VP-HL-13, VPM-1, VPW-1, VPW-2, VPW-3, VX-1 and VX-2..." Contributed by Bill Larkins wtl@earthlink.net [01AUG2010]
Circa Unknown Can you identify the Month and or Year?
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Sign entering the squadron area at NAS Agana, Guam..." Contributed by Ralph B-B rdb2@charter.net [04SEP2001]
A BIT OF HISTORY: Contributed by Ray Parsons parsonsjr@knology.net [02AUG98]
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Squadron Members Located..." Contributed by Edmund Crosby ecrosby76@comcast.net [09OCT2003]
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Deceased Squadron Members..." Contributed by Edmund Crosby ecrosby76@comcast.net [09OCT2003]
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