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Patrol Bombing Squadron 117

  

"Blue Raiders", "Exterminators"
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History 
1. February 1944 VB-117 established at NAAS Camp Kearney CA
1. October 1944 VB-117 redesignated VPB-117
15. November 1945 VPB-117 Disestablished at NAS San Diego CA
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Planes:
1944 - 1945
PB-4Y-1		  
1945 - 1945
PB4Y-2		  
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VB-117, VPB-117 Deployments 
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VB-117, VPB-117  Home Port Assignments
NAAS Camp Kearney CA  1 Feb 1944  11 Aug 1944
NAS Kaneohe HI  11 Aug 1944 Sep 1945
NAS San Diego CA Sep 1945 15 Nov 1945
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VB-117, VPB-117  Commanding Officers 
CDR Everett O. Rigsbee, Jr. 1 Feb 1944  25 Dec 1944
CDR Harold W. McDonald  25 Dec 1944  25 Jan 1945
LCDR Thomas P. Mulvihill  25 Jan 1945  8 Apr 1945
LCDR Roger J. Crowley, Jr.  8 Apr 1945  6 Sep 1945
CDR Cole L. Windham  6 Sep 1945 15 Nov 1945
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History 

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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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