Transition Training Squadron Atlantic
| Transition Training Squadron Atlantic | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 28 July 1941 to ? |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station Norfolk Naval Air Station Banana River Glenn L. Martin Company |
Transition Training Squadron Atlantic was a United States Navy training squadron in World War II. It was established on 28 July 1941 upon redesigned of the Operational Training Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.[1] It was stationed at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, with one detachment at Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida and one detachment at Glenn L. Martin Company, Middle River, Maryland.[2] It fell under the Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet.[2]
The mission of the squadron was "to give advanced patrol plane training to newly graduated naval aviators, fresh from training centers, prior to assignment to Patrol plane units in the fleets."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Grossnick, Roy A. United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC, 4th edition, 1997, page 108. ISBN 0-945274-34-3
- ^ a b Commanding Officer. "War Diary of Headquarters Squadron 5-2 for November 1943", United States Navy, dated 6 December 1943, page 1 (accessed from Fold3 website).
- ^ "Pearl Harbor Attack", Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Congress of the United States, Seventy-ninth Congress, First and Second Sessions, Part 16, Joint Committee Exhibits Numbers 88 through 110, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1946, page 2203.