Bombing Squadron 19(VB-19) Highlights of Bombing Squadron Nineteen (1943 - 1944) Chronological Highlights 15 August 1943 - Squadron Commissioned - NAS Los Alamitos, CA 24 February 1944 - Departed NAS Alameda, CA in USS Lexington (CV-16) for Maui, T.H. 9 July 1944 - Embarked in USS Lexington for Combat 18 July 1944 - First Combat Missions - Guam 23 November 1944 - Relieved on Station by Air Group 20 14 December 1944 - Arrived NAS North Island, CA
Combat Record 18 July 1944 - 8 December 1944 1,364 Sorties Flown
Naval Ships Sunk 2 Aircraft Carriers 1 Heavy Cruiser 1 Destroyer Escort 2 Troop Ships 1 Submarine Tender Total Tonnage Sunk 67,500
Naval Ships Damaged 1 Aircraft Carrier 3 Battleships 1 Cruiser 3 Destroyers 2 Minelayers Total Tonnage Damaged 112,000 Merchant Ships Sunk 8 Tankers 21 Cargo and Misc.
Merchant Ships Damaged 4 Tankers 53 Cargo and Misc. Total Tonnage Sunk 95,200 Total Tonnage Damaged 133,500 Airfields Struck - 28 Ship and Harbor Facilities - 10 Industrial and Military Targets - 301 Aircraft Destroyed In the Air - 10 Probable in the Air - 1 On the Ground - 105 Damaged on Ground - 17 Campaigns Combat Targets Marianas Guam - Saipan Bonins / Kazans Chichi Jima, Iwo Jima, Haha Jima Palau Peleliu Philippine Islands Mindanao, Cebu, Leyte, Mactan Ryukus Coron, Surigao, Luzon, NegrosFormosa / Pescadores Okinawa Sibuyan Sea Second Battle of the Philippine Sea Awards Individual Awards Presented 34 Navy Crosses 3 Silver Stars 60 Distinguished Flying Crosses 46 Air Medals 29 Purple Hearts
The Presidential Unit Citation as an Attached Squadron Aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) Lost Shipmates Shipmates Lost 15 August 1943 - 23 November 1944
Albini, Edward R. Banker, Donald F. Blazevich, Michael M. Burns, James T. Cavanaugh, John A. Jr. Doyle, Robert W. Evatt, John W. Fisher, Charles F. Gevelinger, Paul A. Gilchrist, John W. Hansen, Richard E. Hart, Leon F. Jackson, Francis O. Majors, Roy F. McGowan, Richard S. Nitchman, Louis O. Parker, Robert B. Scheck, Theodore E. Smith, Robert G. Snow, John R.
Text on the plaque presented to the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida, by Ben Buttenweiser. The plaque now resides on board the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas. "To Live on in the Hearts and Minds of Those We Leave Behind Is Not To Die" VB-19 Bombing Squadron 8/15/43 - 11/23/44 Adlman, Albert Albini, Edward Richard Aleridge, Emery Paul, Jr. Allen, Edward Benard Banker, Donald Francis Beisner, Edward Wilbert Berg, George E. Birmingham, Thomas William Black, Lewis Edward Blazevich, Michael Mark Bowen, George Haldane Bratten, Thomas Obadiah Brotten, Billy Jean Brown, Eugene Everett Brown, Lynn Hewitt Burns, James Francis Burns, James Joseph Buttenwieser, Benjamin Joseph Butts, John L., Jr. Cavanaugh, John Aloysius, Jr. Chapman, Melvin L. Cocanour, James Walter Cornelius, William H. Crapser, Stuart E. Craven, William Howard, Jr. Crocker, John H., Jr. Davis, Robert M. Delliquadri, C.A. Doyle, Robert William Droske, Arno Franz Dulong, Paul Roger Duncan, Robert E. Lee, Jr. Elias, Ernest Joseph Ell, William August Emerson, William Siggins Emig, Alvin Frederick Engen, Donald Davenport Evatt, John Wesley Evertsen, Vernon Vorkink Ferguson, Ferdie Lawrence, Jr. Fisher, Charles Forrest Gainer, Frank, Jr. Gaiser, Norman E. Gates, Billy V. Gevelinger, Paul Andrew Gilbride, Austin Leo Gilchrist, John Wardell Glaser, Jack Lee Glasgow, Edward Arthur Glumac, George Good, William Thomas Gray, Ira Gaston Griffin, Robert Sheldon Griffin, Wallace Stanley Gunter, John B. Hall, Nathaniel Sherman Hansen, Richard Edward Harless, Vivian Eugene Hart, Frank Harvanka, John Harvey, Milton Joseph Hellman, Louis A. Helm, Donald Frederick Hendrick, John Allston Hess, Norman Lawrence Jackson, Francis Orin Jancar, Arnost Johns, Boston Edward Johnson, Robert Ligon Kamp, Lloyd Wade Kantjas, John Kaste, Victor Harrison Kinard, Leon Fred Koch, Wesley Leaf, Eno Hjalmer Lewis, George T., Jr. Locher, James Richard Madrid, Albert Estrada Majors, Roy Francis McBride, William E. McGowan, Peter Scott McGowan, Richard Spencer McNaughton, Joseph Meany, William Thomas Meeker, Jack Michaelson, Chauncey Deorr Nance, Joe Douglas Nelson, George Kerwood Newman, Everett Earl Nickens, Minor Howard Niemeyer, Robert Dean Niichman, Louis Oscar Ortiz, Louis Parker, Robert Brownwell Peck, George W. Plant, Harry Jack Reading, Robert Cyril Reid, John Norman Reid Neal Samuel Reischman, Paul Lewis Ripple, Roland Hollister, Jr. Rooney, Arthur Michael Ross, Reynold Doran Roundy, Paul Frost Ryder, Arthur Chan Sadler, Daniel, Jr. Scheck, T. Schoener, Raymond James Schram, Norman Wilsey Scott, Jack Seabolt, Jack Dempsey Setterberg, James Earl Simmerman, Jack Ferdinand Simmons, Luther Kale Sisson, Robert Leroy Smith, Harry Davis Smith, Robert Gilmour Smolinski, Richard Charles Snow, John Russell, Jr. Sobel, Louis Stamm, Frank James Stankevich, Victor Alfred Stanley, Robert Sinclair Stella, Emil B. Stevenson, Theodore Blair Stradley, Price Roe Swanson, Leonard R. Thorngren, Albert Duane Thurmon, Norman E. Unsworth, Frank C. Wagner, William H., Jr. Walters, Herbert Norman Warnke, Gerald Albert West, Richard C. Wicklander, Raymond George Williams, Joe Wylie Wilton, Jerry B. Wodell, Webster Page Woolhouse, Dwight Leon Wright, William A.
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