VPB-198

Patrol Bombing Squadron 198 (VPB-198) was a unit of the United States Navy established during World War II. Commissioned on 12 September 1944, VPB-198 was based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, serving primarily as a training squadron for PBM Mariner crews destined for combat assignments in the Pacific Theater. The squadron provided advanced operational training, preparing personnel for maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare, and bombing missions. VPB-198 was disestablished on 1 June 1946, following the end of hostilities and the subsequent drawdown of U.S. naval aviation forces.