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Naval Aviation News September 1954 "...Atlantic - Page 30 - Naval Aviation News - September 1954..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1954/sep54.pdf [02AUG2004]


VP LogosLOGOs: Squadron ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Logo "...Photo from the TailHook Association http://www.tailhook.org/..." Contributed by Mahlon K. Miller mkwsmiller@cox.net [09APR2002]


VP LogosLOGOs: Squadron ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Logo "...Photo from the TailHook Association http://www.tailhook.org/..." Contributed by Mahlon K. Miller mkwsmiller@cox.net [09APR2002]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch "...'Colorized' (according to the "Dictionary" text) version of the Turtle Patch. The squadron's second insignia was submitted to CNO and approved on 8 July 1948. The squadron had been redesignated VP-ML-7 in 1947 and was assigned the P2V-2 Neptune, then famous due to the long-distance flight of the "Truculent Turtle" from Australia to Ohio on 29 September to 1 October 1946. Squadron personnel designed a patch that borrowed from the feat by featuring a Turtle armed with binoculars, rocket, torpedo, 20-mm machine gun and a flat-nosed depth charge. Colors: background, light green; binoculars, black and white; Turtle's back, blue and white; arms, legs, neck and head, light gray; torpedo and rocket, yellow; bomb, red; machine gun, black. The weaponry was included in the design to suggest the potential capabilities and the well-rounded offensive and defensive capabilities of the P2V-2 in accomplishing its mission..." Contributed via William H. (Woody) Woodruff whw00dy@att.net [20APR2001]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch "...The squadron's third insignia was approved by CNO on 19 January 1950. This insignia incorporated a skull superimposed on a radar screen in a circular design. Colors were: background, black; skull, white with red and black markings; teeth, yellow and red; circular lines on radar scope, red and white; the line of the sweep on the radar scope, white and blue; two circles at top portion of the design, red; the number 2 and letter D, white; and the naval aviator wings gold with black markings..." Contributed via William H. (Woody) Woodruff whw00dy@att.net [20APR2001]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch Contributed by AX1 John Deal 73232.424@compuserve.com [11APR98]

UPDATE "...Designated: 1 September 1948 Nickname: Black Falcons Former Designation: VP-ML-7 Approved: 30 April 1963 Photo No: 112 Significance: On a medium blue disk with dark blue water in base, two dark blue stylized birds with upswept wings, fimbriated white, flying diagonally downward, each having an eye and carrying a yellow aerial bomb and projecting a yellow searchlight from its head and emitting a yellow flash from the tip of the tail. the large bird is in dexter base with wing extending to top of disk and the smaller bird (identical in design) in center chief. This modification consisted of the following changes: Addition of beaks to the bird-like figures. Extension of the projected beams of light to the eyes of the figures. Change in the shape of the bombs. Addition of scroll ends to the name arc. General reinforcement of contrasting lines and colors in the overall scheme. Colors: Light blue cable No. 70209; Medium blue 65010; Dark blue 65019; White 65005; Yellow 65001; Red 65006. Recoord Location: Wash. Record Center Job No: 72-A-101 File: VP-7 Box: 2 of 5..." Contributed by Mick Nussbaum (Insignia Historian) T45_nditech@yahoo.com


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch Contributed by Paul Edmonds paul_edmonds@hotmail.com [19JAN2001]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch Contributed by Jay Broze vjb2@classic.msn.com


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch "...Squadron Patch from VP-7 circa 1949..." Contributed by Jay Slagle Jayhovers@aol.com [21MAY98]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch Contributed by William T. Larkins wtl@ccnet.com [10SEP98]
Books U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941, U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959: Two Classics in One Volume [Appendix D Squadron Insignia] by William T. Larkins "...Patrol Squadron Seven adopted the great white albatross, for the same reasons as VT-6. Their design was quite different, however, and closely resembles the insignia used by the pre-war aviation unit of the Massachusetts National Guard. Colors: Outer circle, yellow; field within circle, blue; albatross, white with wings tipped with black; beak and talons, brown. VP-7F to VP-11 to VP-21..." [10SEP98]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-7 Patch ThumbnailCameraVP-7 Patch Contributed by William T. Larkins wtl@ccnet.com [11SEP98]
Books U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941, U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959: Two Classics in One Volume [Appendix D Squadron Insignia] by William T. Larkins "...Patrol Squadron Seven chose a version of the Keystone Cop in its early years, replacing it with the Albatross insignia later. Colors: Figure and circle, black on white; orange shading around the hands and face; the letters VP7 are in orange, outlined in black..." [11SEP98]


VP LogosLOGOs: VP-4 Logo ThumbnailCameraVP-119 Logo "...The attachment is the VPB-119 patch, from ca. 1944. It's a beauty! Too bad they changed it when they became VP-7. It looks much better than a Black Falcon (or a Mad Fox, even - not to denigrate Bobby Dyer's artwork). Suggest posting this in the VPB-119 page. History is, Henry Fredricksen gave it to Frank Houle fhoule@bellsouth.net who gave it to me. Since VPB-119 was the progenitor of VP-7, maybe this should be on the VP-7 page as well..." Contributed by William H. Woodruff whw00dy@att.net [21OCT2000]


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