 VP-19 History
Circa 1938
A BIT OF HISTORY:   VP-19 Navy Flying Boats Start Long Hop "...May 31st, 1938 - SEATTLE (U.P.)—Six U. S. navy patrol flying boats on squadron VP-19 took off from the waters of Lake Washington at NAS Sand Point, Seattle, Washington today on a nonstop flight to NAS Sitka, Alaska...." Contributed by Claudia Smyth Strock cjstrock@comcast.net [22JUL2013]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  VP-19 Squadron "...Patrol Squadron Nineteen - NAS Seattle, Washington - 12 February 1938 - LCDR Dolph C. Allen Commanding Officer. Found this photograph while going through my Grandfather's things. I think was my Grandfather's first VP squadron. Interestingly, I joined the Navy exactly 50 years later and my first VP squadron was VP-19..." Contributed by STUBBS, AWC Chris "Stubby" Retired stubbsac@hotmail.com [02JUN2006]
A BIT OF HISTORY: VP-16, VP-17, and VP-19 made up Patrol Wing FOUR in 1938
Title: U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941, U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959: Two Classics in One Volume [Squadron insignias, aircraft, and more!] by William T. Larkins [10SEP98]
Circa 1937
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Naval Aeronautic Organization - Change In - Fiscal Year 1938 - Dated 24 Sep 1937..." WebSite: Naval Historical Center http://www.history.navy.mil/ [25SEP2006]
VP SQUADRONS MENTIONED
VP-1, VP-2, VP-3, VP-4, VP-5, VP-6, VP-7, VP-8 and VP-9
VP-10, VP-11, VP-12, VP-14, VP-15, VP-16, VP-17 and VP-19
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Naval Aeronautic Organization - Fiscal Year 1938 - Dated 7 May 1937..." WebSite: Naval Historical Center http://www.history.navy.mil/ [25SEP2006]
VP SQUADRONS MENTIONED
VP-1, VP-2, VP-3, VP-4, VP-5, VP-6, VP-7, VP-8 and VP-9
VP-10, VP-11, VP-12, VP-14, VP-15, VP-16, VP-17 and VP-19
"VP-19 History Summary Page"
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