Attack Squadron 44

"Green Bees"

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Linage 

1. June 1945 VB-75 Established at NAAS Chincoteague VA.
15. November 1946 VB-75 was redesignated VA-3B
1. September 1948 VA-3B was redesignated VA-44
8. June 1950 VA-44 Disestablished at NAS Jacksonville FL.
Planes:
 

 

 

1945 - 1947
SB2C-5

   
 

 

 

1947 - 1948
AD-1

 
 

 

 

1948 - 1949
AM-1

 
 

 

 

1949 - 1950
AD-1

 
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VB-75, VA-3B VA-44 Deployments 
VB-75
8. Januar 1946 - 19. March 1946 CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVBG-75 SBC2-4E F 300
8. August 1946 - 4. Oktober 1946 CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVBG-75 SB2C-5 F 300
VA-44
13. September 1948 - 23. January 1949 CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVG-4 AD-1 F 300
6. January 1950 - 23. May 1950 CVB-41 USS Midway CVG-4 AD-1 F 400
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VB-75, VA-3B VA-44 Commanding Officers 
Lt. Ben K. Harrison (acting) 1. Jun. 1945 10. Jun. 1945
LCdr. John W. McManus 10. Jun. 1945 20. Dec. 1946
LCdr. Elmer Maul 20. Dec. 1946 3. Dec. 1947
LCdr. Oscar I. Chenoweth, Jr. 3. Dec. 1947 30. Jan. 1949
Lt. K. F. Rowell (acting) 30. Jan. 1949 28. Feb. 1949
LCdr. Robert N. Miller 28. Feb. 1949 8. Jun. 1950
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Pictures from E. E. Taylor (VB-75) via Paul Taylor .
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History 

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last update 22. February 2013

written 24. April 2005

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