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VB-128/VP-1 1st insignia 1943-1949 Patch

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Aviators! Are you looking for a high-quality patch you’ll proudly wear or display? Look no further than the VB-128/VP-1 1st insignia 1943-1949 Patch!

  • 4″
  • Embroidered
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Sew On
  • Plastic Backing (increases rigidity; the patch lasts longer and stays flat)
  • Reproduction

42 in stock (can be backordered)

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VB-128/VP-1 1st insignia 1943-1949 Patch

Aviators! Are you looking for a high-quality patch you’ll proudly wear or display? Look no further than the VB-128/VP-1 1st insignia 1943-1949 Patch!

  • 4″
  • Embroidered
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Sew On
  • Plastic Backing (increases rigidity; the patch lasts longer and stays flat)
  • Reproduction

 

Fifth VP-1
Lineage
Established as Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT (VB-128) on 15 February 1943.
Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY EIGHT (VPB-128) 1 October 1944.
Redesignated Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT (VP-128) on 15 May 1946.
Redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron (Landplane) ONE (VP-ML-1) on 15 November 1946.
Redesignated Patrol Squadron ONE (VP-1) on 1 September 1948, the fifth squadron to be assigned the VP-1 designation.

Squadron Insignia and Nickname

The squadron insignia, approved by CNO on 12 April 1943, depicted the “Captain Marvel” figure of comic book fame, with bomb in hand like a football ready to throw. Captain Marvel had the power to convert himself from a boy to a gigantic man, symbolizing the squadron’s belief that future battles would separate the boys from the men. It also represented the importance of the “man behind the machine” in all full bombing missions. Colors: background, blue and white U.S. star insignia; the body of Capt Marvel, red with yellow cuffs, belt, chest design, and boots; face and hands flesh color; hair, black; scarf, white with yellow border and tie; and bomb, black with red nose and tail.
The Capt Marvel insignia continued in use following VB-128’s redesignation to VPB-128 in 1944, VP-128 in 1946, VP-ML-1 in 1946, and VP-1 in 1948.
The Capt Marvel insignia was dropped from use on March 3, 1949. A new design was submitted and approved by CNO on 14 March 1949. Although official records on this design are not present in the files, a black and white photograph from a cruise book shows a circular patch, globe central encircled by a chain, surmounted by a winged turtle. Inscribed inside the patch at the bottom were the letters Patrol Squadron One.
A replacement design for the “turtle” patch was submitted on 12 June 1958 and was officially approved by CNO on 22 July 1958. It was a circular patch with an eagle clutching a submarine on top of a globe encircled

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