Name |
George F. Poulos |
Born |
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e-mail |
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Date |
Post |
Action |
1940-Sep-30 |
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Flight. First |
1941-Dec-08 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol out of Pearl Harbor looking for unidentified ship. Unsuccessful. Landing made difficult due to beached USS Nevada. |
1941-Dec-25 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol from USS MacFarland (Hilo Bay, Hawaii) looking for suspected Japanese landings. Diverted to search for two VP-51 PBY-5s lost in transit from San Diego. Found. Returned to Pearl Harbor and ran out of gas while taxiing to ramp. Flight. Relocated from Saweni Bay, Fiji, via Espiritu Santo, to Graciosa Bay, Ndeni Island. |
1942-Jan-18 |
Pilot |
Flight - 13.2 hours. "Patrol. N/L" |
1942-Apr-01 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0730, landed between 1800 and 2000. |
1942-Apr-03 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0730, landed between 1830 and 2030. |
1942-Apr-06 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0700, landed 1930. (This is probably not 11-P-6.) |
1942-Apr-09 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0630, landed 2000. |
1942-Apr-12 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0615, landed between 1845 and 1930. |
1942-Apr-14 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1900. |
1942-Apr-24 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1930. |
1942-Apr-27 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1930. |
1942-Apr-30 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0530, landed 1930. |
1942-May-03 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0530. |
1942-May-13 |
Pilot |
Flight: Patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1915. |
1942-May-16 |
Pilot |
Flight: Patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1900. |
1942-May-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Departed for temporary duty with VP-91 at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. |
1942-Jul-12 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off for Palmyra. |
1942-Jul-13 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off for Canton Island. |
1942-Jul-14 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off for Suva, Fiji. |
1942-Jul-16 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. |
1942-Jul-18 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. |
1942-Jul-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. |
1942-Jul-25 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0750, landed 1140. |
1942-Jul-27 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0705, landed between 1100 and 1205. |
1942-Jul-30 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0700 and 0715. Returned to base at 0805 due to bad weather. |
1942-Jul-31 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0700 and 0730, landed 1100. |
1942-Aug-04 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1800. |
1942-Aug-08 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0620, landed 1615. |
1942-Aug-10 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0630, landed 1630. |
1942-Aug-12 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0615, landed 1730. |
1942-Aug-14 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1722. |
1942-Aug-16 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1800. |
1942-Aug-18 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0610, landed 1800. |
1942-Aug-20 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1320 due to bad weather. |
1942-Aug-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0610, landed 1730. |
1942-Aug-24 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0610, landed 1810. |
1942-Aug-27 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol - 18.4 hours. Flew alongside Japanese fleet to identify and count ships, which opened fire. Re-acquired fleet after dark, heading for Truk Island. |
1942-Oct-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: Bombing (night). Made torpedo attack on Japanese fleet in Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville; re-fueled at Tulagi and returned to Espiritu Santo via Rennell Island. |
1942-Oct-26 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Spotted Japanese fleet in Battle of Santa Cruz. Eluded attacking Zeros. |
1942-Nov-01 |
Pilot |
Flight. Rendezvoused with submarine USS Argonaut, made two test landinds and take-offs at Sandwich Lagoon. |
1942-Nov-02 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Departed Espritu Santo for Sandwich Lagoon. Fueled by USS Argonaut and slept aboard submarine. |
1942-Nov-03 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Departed and returned to Sandwich Lagoon. |
1942-Nov-15 |
Pilot |
Flight: Ferry. Delivered Australian coastwatcher Andy Andresen and eight marines to Rennell Island. |
1943-Jan-14 |
Pilot |
Flight: Ferry? Cross-wind nearly flipped landing plane. |
Publication |
Page |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-01 |
2 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-03 |
3 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-06 |
5 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-09 |
6 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-12 |
7 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-14 |
8 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-24 |
11 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-27 |
13 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-30 |
14 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-03 |
17 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-13 |
20 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-16 |
21 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-22 |
23 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-23, 1942-May-24, 1942-May-25 |
24 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-26 |
25 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-27, 1942-May-28, 1942-May-29 |
26 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-30, 1942-May-31 |
27 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-12 |
39 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-13 |
40 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-14 |
41 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-16 |
43 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-18 |
45 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-22 |
49 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-25 |
52 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-27 |
54 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-30 |
57 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-31 |
58 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-04 |
63 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-08 |
67 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-10 |
69 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-12 |
71 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-14 |
73 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-16 |
75 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-18 |
77 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-20 |
79 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-22 |
81 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-24 |
83 |
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Biography |