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Patrol Bombing Squadron 121

  
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History 
1. October 1937 VP-19 established at NAS Seattle WA
1. July 1939 VP-19 redesignated VP-43
1. July 1941 VP-43 redesignated VP-81
1. October 1944 VP-81 redesignated VPB-121
31. May 1993 VPB-121 disestablished at NAS San Diego CA
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Planes:
1937 - 1941
P2Y-3
1941 - 1943
PBY-5		  
1943 - 1944
PBY-5A		  
1944 - 1944
PB4Y-1		  
1945 - 1946
PB4Y-2		  
 
VP-19, VP-43, VP-81, VPB-121 Deployments 
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VP-19, VP-43, VP-81, VPB-121 Home Port Assignments
NAS Seattle WA 1 Oct 1937  20 Mar 1941
NAS Pensacola FL  20 Mar 1941 13 Jun 1941
NAS Norfolk VA 13 Jun 1941 22 Oct 1941
NAS Key West FL 22 Oct 1941 1 Sep 1942
NAS San Juan, PR 1 Sep 1942 1 Jun 1943
NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1 Jun 1943 1 Aug 1943
NAS San Diego CA 1 Aug 1943 1 Nov 1943
NAS Kaneohe HI 1 Nov 1943  1 Jul 1944
NAS San Diego CA  1 Jul 1944  8 Sep 1944
NAAF Camp Kearney CA  8 Sep 1944 Nov 1944
NAS Brown Field CA Nov 1944  6 Jan 1945
NAS Kaneohe HI  6 Jan 1945  Sep 1945
NAS San Diego CA  Sep 1945 1 Jun 1946
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VP-19, VP-43, VP-81, VPB-121 Commanding Officers 
LCDR Dolph C. Allen 1 Oct 1937 Jun 1939
LCDR Harry F. Carlson Jun 1939 Jul 1940
LCDR Walter C. Holt Jul 1940  2 Jun 1941
LCDR Frank B. Schaede  2 Jun 1941 20 Jan 1942
CDR Benjamin E. Moore, Jr. 20 Jan 1942 30 Jun 1942
CDR Thomas B. Haley 30 Jun 1942  Jan 1943
CDR James R. Compton  Jan 1943 Sep 1943
CDR Eugene P. Rankin Sep 1943  8 Sep 1944
CDR Raymond J. Pflum  8 Sep 1944 19 Sep 1945
CDR Harold R. Swenson 19 Sep 1945 1 Jun 1946
 

History 

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last update 22. February 2013

written 1. February 2010

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