VP-10 Red Lancers Squadron Patch - Sew On
Aviators! Are you looking for a high-quality patch you'll proudly wear or display? Look no further than the VP-10 Red Lancers Navy Patch!

4 inch
Embroidered
US Naval Aviator Owned Business
Sew On
Plastic Backing (increases rigidity; the patch lasts longer and stays flat)

HISTORY OF PATROL SQUADRON TEN
Patrol Squadron TEN (VP-10) is one of the original, and oldest, aviation squadrons in the U.S. Navy. VP-10 was originally a derivative of VS-15, which formed in 1921. The squadron traces its official heritage, however, to July 1, 1930, with the commissioning of Patrol Bombing Squadron 10S.
In February 1935, as VP-10F, the squadron established a world record for non-stop formation transpacific flight in a twenty-four hour transit from San Francisco to Hawaii. After four years in Hawaii, VP-10 was redesignated as VP-25 in 1939. The Squadron was again redesignated and became VP-23 in 1941.
On December 7, 1941, eight of twelve squadron aircraft were damaged or destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. On June 4, 1942, a squadron PBY-5A "Catalina" aircraft flown by LTJG Howard Ady and LT William Chase was the first to locate and report the positions of four large aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy's striking force on their way toward the Island of Midway. This action helped begin the greatest victory in American naval history--the Battle of Midway.
The squadron went on to serve with distinction at the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, Guadalcanal, and the Solomon Islands during World War II. The squadron was disestablished following the war on January 25, 1946.
Patrol Squadron TEN's modern era begins with its reestablishment at NAS Jacksonville in March 1951, flying the PB-4Y "Privateer." In February 1952, VP-10 transitioned to the P-2V "Neptune" and moved to Brunswick, Maine.
Two years of transition began in 1965 when the P-3A Orion