OtherUS Misc Naval Aviation Groups

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

N/A		N/A	c 1934 Dial text: "VB SQUADRON / 1-B" Locy Type 3 (BTT) "FLEET / PROBLEM 18"
			Fleet Maneuvers

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No Image			1934-04-10 Dial text: "AIRCRAFT BASE FORCE / U.S. FLEET" Locy Type 3 (BTT) "ACAPULCO / MEXICO"
			Aircraft Base Force

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			1935-04-11 Dial text: "VB SQUADRON / 1-B" Locy Type 3 (TTT) "NAS-FAB / SAN DIEGO"
			VB SQUADRON 1-B

Note: Postcard use

 

No Image			1935-07-02 Dial text: "VB SQUADRON / 1-B" Locy Type 3 (TTT) "NAS-FAB / SAN DIEGO"
			VB SQUADRON 1-B

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No Image			1935-10-08 Dial text: "AIRCRAFT BATTLE FORCE" Locy Type 3 (TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Aircraft Battle Force

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N/A			1938-12-25 Locy Type 9x
			VT Squadron Two

Christmas Day

 

			1936-04-15 Locy Type 3 "U.S. NAVAL / AIR STATION"
			VT Squadron 2B

San Diego NAS Lobdell Cachet

 

			1937-06-10 Locy Type 3 (TBB)
			VB Squadron 3B

Cover carried aboard USS Kalmia AT-23

 

			1938-02-12 Dial text: "U.S. FLEET / AIRCRAFT SCT. FORCE" Locy Type 3 (BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Aircraft Scouting Force

Lincoln's Birthday, unknown cachetmaker.

 

No Image			1938-12-23 Dial text: "BOMBING SQUADRON FOUR" Locy Type 3 "SEASONS / GREETINGS"
			Bombing Squadron Four

Season Greetings!

 

			1939-08-08 Locy Type 3 "TORPEDO SQUADRON SIX" "FIRST DAY / CANCEL"
			Torpedo Squadron Six

From the David Pallante collection.

 

No Image			1940-07-15 Dial text: "PATROL WING ONE" Locy Type 3 (BTT) "NAVAL AIR / STATION"
			Patrol Wing One

Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

			1940-08-27 Dial text: "SCOUTING SQUADRON FIVE" "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Scouting Squadron Five

Note: NCS / Czubay Cachet

 

No Image			1941-06-23 Dial text: "PATROL SQUADRON 101"
			Patrol Squadron 101

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			1941-11-06 Dial text: "PATROL WING ONE"
			Patrol Wing One

Muridge Cachet

 

			1943-12-06 Locy Type 3z "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS"
			Scouting Squadron 68

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1944-12-06 USS KENNETH WHITING AV-14 Locy Type 9efu
			Official Business

Patrol Bombing Squadron 22

 

N/A			1945-03-31 Machine Cancel US Postal Service No. 1
			V-Mail

V-Mail from Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON), Fleet Air Wing 7 (FAW-7). At the time this cover was serviced, the Wing was at NAF Plymouth, England. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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