Officially Licensed Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron VMTB-622 Patch Bellingham Customs aviation retirees

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A tribute to those patrolling the Pacific Northwest frontier

developing the tactics and techniques for helicopter-borne assault that the Marine Corps would use for decades

learning the unique skills of STOVL (Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing) operations — hovering

Officially Licensed Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron VMTB-622 Patch Bellingham Customs aviation retireesOfficially Licensed Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron VMTB 622 Patch VMTB 622 WWII Era Embroidered Patch VMTB 622 Marine torpedo bombers carrying the fight to the enemy in the Pacific war. VMTB 622 was a Marine Torpedo Bombing squadron that served during World War II, flying the TBF TBM Avenger. As one of the higher numbered VMTB squadrons, VMTB 622 was part of the massive expansion of Marine aviation during the war, when the Corps stood up dozens of