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Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) 4 (VP-HL-4)
Established as Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOUR (VB-104) on 10 Apr 1943. Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUN DRED FOUR (VPB-104) on 1 Oct 1944; Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOUR (VP-104) on 15 May 1946; Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) FOUR (VP-HL-4) on 15 Nov 1946; Patrol Squadron TWENTY FOUR (VP 24) on 1 Sep 1948 (third VP-24); Attack Mining Squadron THIRTEEN (VA-HM-13) on 1 Jul 1956; Patrol Squadron TWENTY FOUR (VP 24) on 1 Jul 1959. Disestablished 30 Apr 1995.

Consolidated PB4Y-2/P4Y-2/B Privateer, 1946-1948

Insignia approved by CNO on 9 Jul 1947.

Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) 4 (VP-HL-4)

Established as Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOUR (VB-104) on 10 Apr 1943. Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUN DRED FOUR (VPB-104) on 1 Oct 1944; Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOUR (VP-104) on 15 May 1946; Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) FOUR (VP-HL-4) on 15 Nov 1946; Patrol Squadron TWENTY FOUR (VP 24) on 1 Sep 1948 (third VP-24); Attack Mining Squadron THIRTEEN (VA-HM-13) on 1 Jul 1956; Patrol Squadron TWENTY FOUR (VP 24) on 1 Jul 1959. Disestablished 30 Apr 1995.

Consolidated PB4Y-2/P4Y-2/B Privateer, 1946-1948

Insignia approved by CNO on 9 Jul 1947.

File information
Filename:VP-HL-4-10001.jpg
Album name:AFushi / USN 0001-5
Inscription:4
Base:NAS Kaneohe, HI, 28 Jul 1944; NAS Floyd Bennett Field, NY, 26 Dec 1946; NAS Atlantic City, NJ, 22 May 1946; NAS Patuxent River, MD, 21 Apr 1948
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Date added:Jun 23, 2021
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