U.S. Navy Photographic Squadron Five (VD-5)
U.S. Navy Photographic Squadron Five (VD-5)
1944 - 1950
Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons
Ch.3, p. 317, Third VP-61
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Established as Photographic Squadron FIVE (VD-5)
on 1 June 1944.
Redesignated Patrol Squadron (Photographic) ONE
(VPP-1) on 15 November 1946.
Redesignated Patrol Squadron SIXTY ONE (VP-61)
on 1 September 1948, the third patrol squadron to be
assigned the VP-61 designation.
Disestablished on 17 January 1950.
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