"VP-61 which was later ... well, after we got overseas it was designated as VPB-61, which the V stands for heavier than air, the P stands for patrol and the B stands for bombing. The number, of course, is just the number of the squadron." Robert Buchanan, VP-61, 1944
![]() Courtesy Ken Claypool, VP-61, Jan-Dec 1944. ![]() Standing from left to right: Ensign Gonska, Navigator; Kenneth Claypool, Ordnance; Shaffer, Plane Captain; & Ensign Cook, 1st Pilot. Kneeling from left to right: Brookover, Radio; Siebles, Radio; & McDonald, Mechanic. Courtesy Ken Claypool, VP-61, Jan-Dec 1944 ![]() Courtesy Kenneth “Ray” Skinner, VP-61, 1942-1945 ![]() Courtesy Kenneth “Ray” Skinner, VP-61, 1942-1945 "The morale was generally pretty good. When we got on a plane in the morning to take off on patrol, you never even thought that you might not come in that evening and you might not be safe on patrol. These things hardly ever entered your head." Kenneth "Ray" Skinner, VP-61, 1942-1945
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