26 August 1943: Commander Harry E. Sears, squadron commanding officer, led an eight-aircraft strike on a Japanese destroyer task force attempting to evacuate personnel from Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel Island. The attack, made at sunset 90 miles off Buka Passage, disrupted the evacuation and left one of the destroyers heavily damaged.

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From 1974 until 1991, VP-24 made 11 major deployments to Bermuda, Sigonella, Lajes and Keflavik, heavily involved in tracking Soviet submarines and ships, and supporting cold war fleet operations and crisis response efforts.

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1 Oct 1941: VP-24 transferred from NAS Kaneohe to NAS Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 7 Dec 1941: The squadron’s six aircraft were among the few spared during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Its planes were conducting joint submarine exercises off the coast of Hawaii when the attack came; the crews were subsequently given sectors by radio to ...

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During the deployment, VP-24 flew about 4,000 flight hours on a variety of missions ranging from anti-submarine flights over the Arctic, to surface patrols over the Adriatic Sea in support...

During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, VP-24 helped enforce the naval blockade of communist Cuba, operating from Leeward Point Field, Guantanamo Naval Base. The Batmen transitioned to Orions in 1967.

VP-24, Patrol Squadron 24 was a United States Navy anti-submarine warfare squadron that flew the P-3 Orion. They were first established during World War II as VB-104 [1] flying the PB4Y-1 Liberator in the Pacific Theater of Operations From April 1943 and October 1945.

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