VP-26 History
Circa 1939
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Circa 1939 AIRCRAFT SCOUTING FORCE - Rear Admiral A. B. Cook - MEMPHIS (CL-13) - CAPTAIN S. A. Manahan..." Contributed by John Lucas john.lucas@netzero.net [15DEC98]
PATROL WING ONE - CAPTAIN C. P. Mason
TENDERS
USS WRIGHT (AV-1) - CDR W. K. Harrill USS PELICAN (AVP-6) - LT H. J. Dyson USS AVOCET (AVP-4) - LT J. M. Carson
SQUADRONS
VP-11 - LCDR F. T. Ward, Jr. VP-12 - LCDR A. C. Olney, Jr. VP-13 - LCDR S. H. Ingersoll
PATROL WING TWO - Rear Admiral Arthur L. Bristol
TENDERS
USS LANGLEY (AV-3) - CDR A. C. Davis USS CHILDS (AVP-14) - LCDR H. F. Fick USS SWAN (AVP-7) - LT J. F. Greenslade
SQUADRONS
VP-21 - Cmdr. S. L. LaHache VP-22 - LCDR W. P. Cogswell VP-23 - LCDR G. Van Deurs VP-24 - LCDR D. C. Allen VP-25 - LCDR A. R. Brady
Circa 1937
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...History of FAW-2 - History of Headquarters Squadron Fleet Air Wing Three - History: 01OCT37 - 15MAY45 . Squadron's Assigned: VP-1, VP-4, VP-6, VP-8, VP-10, VP-13, VP-16, VP-21, VP-22, VP-23, VP-24, VP-25, VP-26, VP-27, - Submitted July 5, 1945..." Official U. S. Navy Records (National Archives and Records Administration) via Fold3 http://www.fold3.com/ [24NOV2012]
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Lest We Forget..." U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings January 2001 http://www.usni.org
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