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Bombing Squadron 20 (VB-20)
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Established as Bombing Squadron NINETY NINE (VB-99) on 1 Jul 1943. Redesignated Bombing Squadron TWENTY (VB-20) on 15 Oct 1943. Redesignated Attack Squadron NINE A (VA-9A) on 15 Nov 1946. Redesignated Attack Squadron NINETY FOUR (VA-94) on 12 Aug 1948. Disestablished on 30 Nov 1949.
Insignia approved by CNO 9 Dec 1943. US made, schiffli embroidery. Nickname, Bombing Twenty’s Tough Kitty, 1943–1946.
Deployments.
16 Aug 1944-23 Nov 1944,CV-6 USS Enterprise, CVG-20, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, Pacific
23 Nov 1944-02 Feb 1945, CV 16 USS Lexington, CVG-20, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, Pacific
NAS San Diego, CA. 1 Jul 1943; NAS Kaneohe, TH. 21 Apr 1944; NAS Barbers Point, TH. 30 Apr 1944; NAS Puunene, TH. 17 Jun 1944; NAS San Diego, CA. 23 Feb 1945; NAS Wildwood, NJ. 16 Apr 1945; NAS Edenton, NC. 22 Jun 1945; NAAS Elizabeth City, NJ. 1 Nov 1945; NAAS Charlestown, RI. 1 Mar 1946
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