14 May – July 1944: The squadron moved to NAS San Juan, for training, while one four-aircraft detachment remained at Curaçao. On 9 July the squadron had 12 aircraft at Curaçao and three at San Juan for long-range patrol work and ASW standby.
29 November 1944: VPB-92 transferred to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, under FAW-9, with a detachment of two aircraft remaining at Curaçao for long-range patrol work. The Quonset Point portion of the squadron was assigned convoy patrol coverage missions and ASW sweeps protecting the approaches to New York harbor. Weather was again a problem for operations, only this time it was snow and ice that held the squadron on the deck.
18 – 28 May 1945: VPB-92 received orders to disestablish. On 24 May all the squadron aircraft were flown to NAS Norfolk, Virginia, where the aircraft were turned over to HEDRON-5. The squadron was formally disestablished on 28 May 1945.[1]
Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:[1]
This article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.
123Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Chapter 4 Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) Histories (VPB-61 to VPB-103). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp.497–9. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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