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Patrol Squadron 20

  

"Flying Eight-Balls" , "Black Cats"
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History 
1. July 1929 VP-8S established at Hampton Roads VA
1. April 1933 VP-8S redesignated VP-8F
1. October 1937 VP-8F redesignated VP-8
1. July 1939 VP-8 redesignated VP-24
1. August 1941 VP-24 redesignated VP-12
1. October 1944 VP-12 redesignated VPB-120
15. May 1946 VPB-120 redesignated VP-120
15. November 1946 VP-120 redesignated VP-HL-10
1. September 1948 VP-HL-10 redesignated VP-20
31. March 1949 VP-20 Disestablished at NAS Whidbey Island WA
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Tailcodes 
1946 - 1949 DD
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Planes:
 

 

 

 1929 - 1930
T3M-1 / T4M-1		    
 

 

 

 1930 - 1932
PM-1		  
 

 

 

 1932 - 1937
PH-1		  
 

 

 

 1937 - 1941
PBY-1		    
 

 

 

 1941 - 1942
PBY-5		    
 

 

 

 1942 - 1944
PBY-5A		    
 

 

 

 1944 - 1949
PB4Y-2		    
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VP-8S, VP-8F, VP-8, VP-24, VP-12, VPB-120, VP-120, VP-HL-10, VP-20 Deployments 
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VP-8S, VP-8F, VP-8, VP-24, VP-12, VPB-120, VP-120, VP-HL-10, VP-20 Home Port Assignments
Hampton Roads VA 1 Jul 1929 1 Jun 1930
Newport RI 1 Jun 1930 1 Feb 1932
FAB Coco Solo CZ 1 Feb 1932 19 May 1933
NAS Pearl Harbor HI 19 May 1933 10 Mar 1941
NAS Kaneohe HI 10 Mar 1941 Aug 1941
NAS Ford Island Aug 1941 Dec 1941
NAS Kaneohe HI Dec 1941 24 Jul 1943
NAS San Diego CA 24 Jul 1943 Dec 1943
NAS Kaneohe HI Dec 1943 Aug 1944
NAS Whidbey Island WA Aug 1944 31. Mar 1949
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VP-8S, VP-8F, VP-8, VP-24, VP-12, VPB-120, VP-120, VP-HL-10, VP-20 Commanding Officers 
LCDR Allen I. Price 1 Jul 1929 1931
LT Harvey R. Bowes (actg.) 1931 1931
LT George L. Compo 1931  1931
LCDR Clifton A. F. Sprague  1931 1934
LT E. C. Peterson (actg) 1934 1934
LCDR George T. Owen 1934 1936
LT Thomas D. Guinn 1936  1937
LCDR George A. Seitz  1937  1939
LCDR Dolph C. Allen  1939 Apr 1941
LCDR John P. Fitzsimmons Apr 1941 Aug 1942
CDR Clarence O. Taff Aug 1942 Jul 1943
CDR Francis R. Drake Jul 1943  1 Oct 1944
LT Archie D. Saint (actg)  1 Oct 1944 27 Oct 1944
CDR Frank G. Reynolds 27 Oct 1944  16 Jan 1946
CDR Richard J. Davis  16 Jan 1946  25 Jun 1946
LCDR John F. Litsey (actg)  25 Jun 1946 17 Jul 1946
LCDR Winford A. Swenson 17 Jul 1946  16 Jun 1947
LCDR John F. Litsey  16 Jun 1947 26 Jan 1949
CDR Hart D. Hilton 26 Jan 1949 31. Mar. 1949
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History 

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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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