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WWII USN Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VP-26) Medal Grouping / Documents / Photos for Sale - Soviet-Awards.com

WWII USN Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VP-26) Medal Grouping / Documents / Photos For Sale

WWII USN Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VP-26) Medal Grouping / Documents / Photos
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WWII USN Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VP-26) Medal Grouping / Documents / Photos:
$449.00

Complete and original grouping to Aviation Machinist Mate Chester Sadlo

Sadlo was from Chicago

Includes

Two wrap brooch Air Medals - one is in short case and outer cardboard mailing box named to Sadlo. The AM in other Army style case as to roller piece missing

Sewn brooch DFC, thick navy type

Nice wide ribbon bar grouping

Sterling Combat Crew wings, pin back

ID cards and VP26 certification card authorizing the wear of medals

Four original Air Medal Citations

Bullion Chief AMM rate with has mark

8 x 10 photos of Sadlo

My Life in Service book which includes a journal section where Sadlo has entries for about 50 pages (all appear to be pre deployment and don't have anything relating to his combat missions)

Numerous original photos of various sizes. A few are quite interesting, one is a larger showing Japanese prisoners seated with US Navy personnel standing behind them. Another photo showing what appears to be a downed aircraft in the water? or possibly a sub with a sailor in the foreground pointing a pistol at it? Another showing a bomb explosion near ships.


Scroll down to the very bottom to see all photos.

Everything shown is included.

From Wikipedia:

VP-26was aPatrol Squadronof theU.S. Navy. The squadron was established asPatrol Squadron 26 (VP-26)on 1 May 1944, redesignatedPatrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VPB-26)on 1 October 1944, redesignatedPatrol Squadron 26 (VP-26)on 15 May 1946 and disestablished on 14 December 1946. It was the second squadron to be designated VP-26, thefirst VP-26was redesignated VP-14 on 1 July 1941.[1]

Operational history[edit]

VPB-26 PBM-5 on USSNorton Sound, Guam, April 1945

1 May 1944: VP-26 was established atNAS Norfolk, Virginia, as a patrol squadron flying thePBM-3D Marinerseaplane. During the training period the squadron came under the operational control of FAW-5.

11 May 1944: The squadron moved toNAS Charleston, South Carolina. Operational training was conducted in the Charleston vicinity and during July in theNAS Jacksonville, Florida andNAS Pensacola, Florida, areas forAnti-submarine warfare(ASW) training.

2 September – October 1944: VP-26 relocated toNAS Alameda, California in preparation for a trans-Pacific flight toNAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Administrative control of the squadron was transferred to FAW-8 at that time. The ground support personnel departed NAS Alameda for NAS Kaneohe Bay, aboardUSSThetis Bayon 15 September 1945. The squadron aircraftand aircrews departed Alameda for Kaneohe by sections throughout the month of October.

2 November 1944: VPB-26 was officially in operation at NAS Kaneohe Bay, with operational control transferred to FAW-2. Detachments had already been established at Hilo (10 crews) aboardUSSCumberland Soundand at NAS Kaneohe (6 crews) aboardUSSBering Straiton 29 October 1944.

November 1944 – January 1945: The squadron received new PBM-5 replacement aircraft during the month. Training with the new aircraft and operational patrols in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands continued through mid-January 1945.

25 January 1945: VPB-26 departed NAS Kaneohe Bay forNAB Parry Island, Eniwetok. The squadron operated under the operational control of TG 96.1, conducting searches, reconnaissance,Dumbo (air-sea rescue)missions, convoy escort and hunter-killer missions. Occasional reconnaissance flights were conducted over enemy-heldPonapeandWakeislands.

30 January 1945: A two-aircraft detachment was sent toSaipanfor Dumbo missions and long-range searches. The detachment was later moved toIwo Jimaduring the campaign for that island.

19 April 1945: The remainder of VPB-26 joined the detachment atTanapag Harbor, Saipan, coming under the operational control of FAW-1. Duties included searches and night antishipping patrols.

20 April 1945: A detachment of five aircraft and crews was sent to theKerama Islands, Okinawa. The remainder of the squadron joined the detachment on 27 April

July 1945: Relief crews for squadron crew rotation began arriving from the US. Combat antishipping patrols continued throughout this period.

15 July 1945: VPB-26 relocated from Kerama toChimu Airfield, Okinawa. Long-range searches and antishipping patrols continued from this location.

25 July 1945: A two-aircraft detachment was sent to operate with theThird Fleetto provide Dumbo coverage during the carrier-based attacks on the Japanese home islands.

28–30 August 1945: Squadron ground personnel and four flight crews arrived inTokyo BayaboardUSSCumberland Sound, part of the first group of Allied warships to enter Tokyo Bay. On 30 August the squadron’s PBM-5s landed in Tokyo Bay, the first squadron to be based in and operating from Japan.

1 September – 31 January 1946: The squadron assumed a peacetime role of neutrality patrols, while Japanese units were disarmed and returned to the home islands. Ferry flights and transportation of high-priority supply items comprised the rest of the squadron’s duties.

31 January–12 October 1946: The squadron moved between Shanghai andQingdao, China andSasebo, Japan during this period. Their primary functions were air-sea rescue operations, courier and transportation flights. On 12 October 1946 the squadron was transferred to Commander Fleet Air West Coast and ordered back to the United States for disestablishment.

14 December 1946: VP-26 was disestablished.

Aircraft assignments[edit]

The squadron was assigned the following aircraft, effective on the dates shown:[1]

PBM-3D- May 1944

PBM-5 - November 1944

Home port assignments[edit]

The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:[1]

NAS Norfolk, Virginia - 1 May 1944

NAS Charleston, South Carolina - 11 May 1944

NAS Alameda, California - 2 September 1944

NAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii - 2 November 1944

West Coast, U.S. - October 1946


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