Squadron VC-66 Veterans 1943-1944

Remembering the members of US Navy Squadron VC-66

Squadron VC-66 Photo Gallery

VC-66 Plaque

VC-66 Group on Carrier

VC-66 ARM3c Tom Stoops

USS Nassau CVE-16

VC-66 Mississippi Gentlemen Cook, Mayo and Cope

Joseph N. Polski

Bill Piper and Al Mayer

FM Fighter Over USS Santee CVE-29

Bragg

Cope Prepares to Launch

Crashed TBM on Deck

Dad Getting Married After the War

Trapp

R Plouffe VC-66 (back) and H Plouffe USMC

VC-66 Pilot Reunion

Don Banks Visits the VC-66 Plaque

Kip Kiplinger and Charlie Edwards - 2008

Marie and Charlie Edwards - 2008

Steve, Carol, Jean and Don Banks; Frank and Joyce Stephens - 2008

Stephens Puts Banks Back in the Turret - 2008

F4F Wildcat

F4U Corsair

F6F Hellcat

North American T6 Texan SNJ

Stearman Primary Trainer Yellow Peril

TBM Avenger

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VC-66: THE BEGINNING - 21 JUNE 1943

Steve Banks posted on June 22, 2012 13:37

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VC-66 PILOTS SEARCH FOR SUBMARINE PERISCOPE

Steve Banks posted on March 07, 2012 10:35

The following post was submitted by VC-66 T-1 and T-2 FM Wildcat pilot DeLoach Cope of Arcola, Mississippi. It describes an incident that occurr...

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LIFE ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL (VC-66)

Steve Banks posted on February 07, 2012 10:57

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VC-66 SEA STORIES: "MAYBE THIS ISN'T SO GREAT SAID THE AIR FORCE PILOT"

Steve Banks posted on January 02, 2012 16:32

This VC-66 (T-1) sea story is courtesy of TBM pilot LTJG John "Jack" Dwight who passed away on 14 July 2010 at the age of 90. Jack wrote to me o...

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VC-66 (T-1) & (T-2): TWO CHRISTMASES TO REMEMBER

Steve Banks posted on December 13, 2011 11:56

On Christmas Eve 1943, Composite Squadron 66 (T-1) detached from the USS TRIPOLI (CVE-64) and reported to NAS San Diego to sp...

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During November 1944 - Passing The Torch

Steve Banks posted on November 07, 2011 11:17

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During October 1944 - Finishing The Fight And Going Home

Steve Banks posted on October 18, 2011 17:19

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During Late September 1944

Steve Banks posted on September 28, 2011 10:42

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VC-66's Finest Hour - Saving Ensign Thompson

Steve Banks posted on September 14, 2011 11:18

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During August 1944

Steve Banks posted on August 24, 2011 10:58

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A Few VC-66 End Of The War Stories

Steve Banks posted on August 15, 2011 12:14

Former VC-66 TBM Pilot, Dick Krost, advises: "On August 15, 1945 I was attached to Squadron VC-66-T2. On August 4th we boarded the USS Altamaha (CVE-...

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During July 1944

Steve Banks posted on July 01, 2011 17:02

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During May and June 1944

Steve Banks posted on May 02, 2011 16:46

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During April 1944

Steve Banks posted on May 02, 2011 16:42

As soon as their ASW training was completed and with little prior notice, on 30 March 1944, VC-66 was directed to report for duty aboard the USS AL...

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VC-66's LTJG DeLoach Cope Reports On Some Good Hawaiian Liberty

Content Editor posted on March 01, 2011 13:54

Thanks to former VC-66 pilot DeLoach Cope for submitting the following sea story: When VC-66 moved from Barking Sands on Kauai to Ford Island on Oahu...

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