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Deployed to: Naha AFB
Date In: 19 Aug 1950
Date Out: 13 Nov 1950
Patrol Area: Formosa Straits
Aircraft: P2V-3/3W
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-22
Deployed To: Naha AFB
Date In: 4 Nov 1950
Date Out: 1 May 1951
Patrol Area: Chinese mainland; Formosa
Aircraft: P2V-4
Losses: P2V, 21 Jan 1951 (non-combat)
Detachment Location: None
VP-28
Deployed To: Naha AFB
Date In: 16 Jul 1950
Date Out: 7 Aug 1950
Patrol Area: Foochow; Shanghai
Aircraft: PB4Y-2S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: NAF Agana
Detachment Date In: Jan 1950
Detachment Date Out: 7 Aug 1950
VP-46
Deployed To: Pescadores Islands
Suisun (AVP 53) 30 Jul 1950–6 Mar 1951
Date In: 31 Jul 1950
Date Out: 6 Feb 1951
Patrol Area: Formosa Straits; China
Deployed To: Sangley Point
Date In: 1 Dec 1950
Date Out: 6 Feb 1951
Patrol Area: Night sector searches
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Buckner Bay
Salisbury Sound (AV 13), 1 Nov 1950–6 Mar 1951
Detachment Date In: 1 Nov 1950
Detachment Date Out: 6 Feb 1951
Detachment Location: Sangley Point
Detachment Date In: 31 Jul 1950
Detachment Date Out: 6 Feb 1951
Patrol Area: Courier flights to Okinawa
VP-731
Deployed To: Buckner Bay
Salisbury Sound (AV 13), 1 Nov 1950–6 Mar 1951
Suisun (AVP 53), 6 Mar 1951–13 Aug 1951
Date In: 7 Feb 1951
Date Out: 13 Aug 1951
Patrol Area: Formosa Straits; China coast
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Sangley Point
Salisbury Sound (AV 13), 13 Mar 1951–18 Oct 1951
Detachment Date In: 7 Feb 1951
Detachment Date Out: 13 Aug 1951
Patrol Area: Formosa coast; China coast
Detachment Location: Hong Kong
Detachment Date In: 7 Feb 1951
Detachment Date Out: 13 Aug 1951
Patrol Area: Courier Flights
VP-6
Deployed To: Johnson AFB
Date In: 7 Jul 1950
Date Out: 6 Aug 1950
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea
Deployed To: Tachikawa AFB
Date In: 7 Aug 1950
Date Out: 12 Feb 1951
Patrol Area: Korean coastline; Sea of Japan
Aircraft: P2V-3/3W
Losses: None
Detachment Location: NAS Atsugi
Detachment In: 5 Jan 1951
Detachment Out: 12 Feb 1951
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea; Korean coastline
VP-42
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Date In: 19 Jul 1950
Date Out: 10 Aug 1950
Patrol Area: Korean coast
Deployed To: NAS Yokosuka
Date In: 11–31 Aug 1950
Date Out: 1 Sep 1950
Patrol Area: Tsushima Straits; Sea of Japan
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Pine Island (AV 13), Aug 1950–Dec 1950
Curtiss (AV 4), 1 Nov 1950–1 Dec 1950
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), 18 Oct 1950–27 Feb 1951
Suisun (AVP 53), 11 Apr 1951–15 Jul 1951
Date In: 1 Sep 1950
Date Out: 9 Apr 1951
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: PBM-5, 7 Jan 1951 (non-combat)
Detachment Location: Inchon
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), 3–13 Oct 1950
Detachment Date In: 3 Oct 1950
Detachment Date Out: 17 Oct 1950
Patrol Area: Korean waters
Detachment Location: Chinhae
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), 13–18 Oct 1950
Detachment Date In: 14 Oct 1950
Detachment Date Out: 18 Oct 1950
Patrol Area: Korean waters; Yellow Sea
VP-47
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), Jul 1950–1 Oct 1950
Date In: 31 Jul 1950
Date Out: 16 Oct 1950
Patrol Area: Chosin Straits
Deployed To: Chinhae/Inchon
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), 3–13 Oct 1950
Patrol Area: Korean waters
Date In: 16 Oct 1950
Date Out: 15 Nov 1950
Deployed To: NAF Yokosuka
Date In: 16 Nov 1950
Date Out: 1 Jan 1951
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan; eastern Korean coast
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-892
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Curtiss (AV 4) thru 30 Dec 1950
Pine Island (AV 12), Dec 1950–mid-1951
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), 18 Oct 1950–13 Apr 1951
Suisun (AVP 53), 11 Apr 1951 – Late 1951
Date In: 13 Dec 1950
Date Out: 9 Jun 1951
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea, night patrols
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-1
Deployed To: Naha AFB
Date In: Apr 1951
Date Out: 29 Aug 1951
Patrol Area: Korean coast
Aircraft: P2V-3
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-6
Deployed To: NAS Atsugi
Date In: 1 Aug 1951
Date Out: 14 Jan 1952
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea; Sea of Japan; Tsushima Straits
Aircraft: P2V-3/3W
Losses: P2V-3 on 16 Aug 1951, crew rescued P2V on 6 Nov 1951, 10 KIA (combat)
Detachment Location: None
VP-28
Deployed To: Tachikawa AFB
Date In: 1 Apr 1951
Date Out: 9 Oct 1951
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea; Tsushima Straits
Aircraft: PB4Y-2S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Itami AFB
Detachment Date In: 24 Apr 1951
Detachment Date Out: 30 Apr 1951
Patrol Area: Japanese coast, ASW ops.
Detachment Location: Kimpo AFB
Detachment Date In: 1 Oct 1951
Detachment Date Out: 13 Dec 1951
Patrol Area: Inland Korea
VP-40
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Suisun (AVP 53), 11 Apr 1951–late 1951
Date In: 9 Jun 1951
Date Out: 13 Dec 1951
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea; Tsushima Straits
Aircraft: PBM-5/5S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-772
Deployed To: NAS Atsugi
Date In: 31 Jan 51
Date Out: 3 Aug 1951
Sea Patrol Area: Yellow; Tsushima Straits
Aircraft: P4Y-2
Losses: None
Detachment Location: K-1, Pusan
Detachment Date In: 12 Jun 1951
Detachment Date Out: 3 Aug 1951
Patrol Area: Inland Korea
VP-871
Deployed To: NAS Atsugi
Date In: 1 Dec 1951
Date Out: 7 Jul 1952
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan
Aircraft: P4Y-2S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Kimpo AFB
Detachment Date In: 12 Dec 1951
Detachment Date Out: 7 Jul 1952
Patrol Area: Inland Korea
VP-2
Deployed To: Detachment only
Detachment Location: NAF Naha
Detachment Date In: 1 Aug 1951
Detachment Date Out: 2 Dec 1951
Patrol Area: East China Sea; Yellow Sea
Aircraft: P2V-3W
Losses: None
VP-22
Deployed To: NAF Atsugi
Date In: 1 Dec 1951
Date Out: 31 May 1952
Patrol Area: Tsushima Straits; Sea of Japan
Aircraft: P4Y-2S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-42
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Date In: 7 Dec 1951
Date Out: 6 Jun 1952
Patrol Area: Korean coast
Aircraft: P4Y-2
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Chinhae
Detachment Date In: 15 Mar 52
Detachment Date Out: Apr 1952
Patrol Area: Inland Korea
VP-46
Deployed To: Iwakuni AFB
Floyds Bay (AVP 40), 26 Sep 1951–early 1952
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39), 26 Sep 1951–early 1952
Date In: 30 Sep 1951
Date Out: 2 Apr 1952
Patrol Area: Korean coast
Aircraft: PBM-5S/5S2
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Chinhae
Suisun (AVP 53)
Detachment Date In: Sep 1951
Detachment Date Out: 2 Apr 1952
Patrol Area: Korean coast
VP-47
Deployed To: Pescadores Island
Pine Island (AVP 12)
Date In: 1 Aug 1951
Date Out: 4 Mar 1952
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Sangley Point
Salisbury Sound (AV 13)
Detachment Date In: 26 Jul 1951
Detachment Date Out: 4 Mar 1952
Patrol Area: China Sea
Detachment Location: Buckner Bay
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39)
Corson (AVP 37)
Detachment In: 26 Jul 1951
Detachment Date Out: 4 Mar 1952
Patrol Area: China Sea
VP-1
Deployed To: Naha AFB
Date In: 29 Mar 1952
Date Out: 5 Oct 1952
Patrol Area: Korean coast
Aircraft: P2V-3
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-9
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Date In: 27 Jun 1952
Date Out: 16 Nov 1952
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan
Aircraft: P4Y-2S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Pusan
Detachment Date In: Jul 1952
Detachment Date Out: 3 Jan 1953
Patrol Area: Inland Korea
VP-22
Deployed To: NAS Atsugi
Date In: 30 Nov 1952
Date Out: 31 May 1953
Patrol Area: North and South China Sea
Aircraft: P2V-5
Losses: P2V-5, 18 Jan 1953 (combat), 7 rescued, 4 KIA and 2 POW (combat related)
P2V-5, 31 Jan 1953 (non-combat)
Detachment Location: None
VP-28
Deployed To: NAF Itami
Date In: 1 Jun 1952
Date Out: 2 Dec 1952
Patrol Area: North Korean coast; China coast
Aircraft: P2V-3/P4Y-2/2S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-29
Deployed To: NAS Atsugi
Date In: 27 Sep 1952
Date Out: 1 Apr 1953
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan; Korean coast
Aircraft: P2V-5/6
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-40
Deployed To: NS Sangley Point
Date In: 2 Sep 1952
Date Out: 28 Mar 1953
Patrol Area: South China Sea; Formosa Straits
Aircraft: PBM-5/5S
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Pescadores
Detachment Date In: 2 Sep 1952
Detachment Date Out: 28 Mar 1953
Patrol Area: South China Sea and East China Sea
Detachment Location: NAF Naha
Detachment Date In: 2 Sep 1952
Detachment Date Out: 28 Mar 1953
Patrol Area: East China Sea; Yellow Sea
VP-47
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Kenneth Whiting (AV 14)
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39)
Date In: 22 Nov 1952
Date Out: 31 May 1953
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea; Sea of Japan
Aircraft: PBM-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: Fukuoka
Corson (AVP 37)
Detachment Date In: Dec 1952
Detachment Date Out: 31 May 1953
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan
VP-731
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Kenneth Whiting (AV 14)
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39)
Date In: 1 Jun 1952
Date Out: 8 Dec 1952
Patrol Area: Korean coast; Formosa Straits
Aircraft: PBM-5S2
Losses: PBM damaged on 31 Jul 1952, 2 KIA and 2 WIA (combat related)
Detachment Location: None
VP-892
Deployed To: NS Sangley Point
Salisbury Sound (AV 13)
Date In: 1 Mar 1952
Date Out: 12 Sep 1952
Patrol Area: China Sea
Aircraft: PBM-5S/S2
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-1
Deployed To: Naha AFB
Date In: 27 May 1953
Date Out: 1 Dec 1953
Patrol Area: Korean coast
Aircraft: P2V-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-7
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Date In: 28 Jun 1953
Date Out: 27 Jul 1953
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan; Yellow Sea
Aircraft: P2V-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-17
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Date In: 1 Feb 1953
Date Out: 30 Jun 1953
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan; Yellow Sea
Aircraft: P4Y-2/2s
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-46
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Kenneth Whiting (AV 14)
Date In: 1 Mar 1953
Date Out: 27 Jul 1953
Patrol Area: Formosa Straits; east coast of Korea
Aircraft: PBM-5S2
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
VP-48
Deployed To: NAF Iwakuni
Kenneth Whiting (AV 14)
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39)
Date In: Jul 1953
Date Out: Dec 1953
Patrol Area: Yellow Sea
Aircraft: PBM-5S2
Losses: PBM-5 on 30 Jul 1953 (non-combat), 5 rescued, 10 killed in the crash
Detachment Location: None
VP-50
Deployed To: NS Sangley Point
Date In: 1 May 1953
Date Out: 1 Sep 1953
Patrol Area: South China Sea
Aircraft: PBM-5S2
Losses: PBM-5 on 30 Jun 1953 (non-combat)
Detachment Location: NAF Iwakuni
Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)
Gardiners Bay (AVP 39) thru June 1953
Floyds Bay (AVP 40)
Detachment Date In: 1 Jun 1953
Detachment Date Out: 27 Jul 1953
Patrol Area: Korean coast
VP-57
Deployed To: NAS Atsugi
Date In: 28 Mar 1953
Date Out: 27 Jul 1953
Patrol Area: Sea of Japan; Yellow Sea
Aircraft: P2V-5
Losses: None
Detachment Location: None
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