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    Marine Bombing Squadron 433 (VMB-433) was a United States Marine Corps medium bomber squadron during World War II. Nicknamed the "Fork-tailed Devils",...
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    Corps fighter pilot also flying twin-engine bombers in the Pacific with VMB-433 during World War II. His mother was a homemaker and teacher. Weed was the...
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    Field. From mid-1943 through August 1944, Marine bombing squadrons VMB-433, VMB-443 and VMB-612 operating the land-based PBJ Mitchell bomber were stationed...
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  • operating SBDs from June–December 1944 VMB-413 operating PBJs VMB-433 operating PBJs VMB-443 operating PBJs VMB-611 operating PBJs Royal New Zealand Air...
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  • 1944 USMC units based at Nissan Island included: VMB-423 operating PBJs from July–August 1944 VMB-433 operating PBJs from July–August 1944 VMF-218 operating...
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  • air force to attack bypassed Japanese bases and other installations. The VMBs flew the North American PBJ-1 Mitchell, which was the naval version of the...
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  • In 1943, Redin joined the United States Marine Corps as a member of the VMB-433 during World War II. During the war, Redin served in the Solomon Islands...
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    Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida; painted as a PBJ-1 of VMB-423. 44-29812 Safe Return – National World War II Museum in New Orleans,...
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