Bombing Squadron 106 (VB-106)
Patrol Bombing Squadron 106 (VPB-106)
U.S. Navy (USN)

Background
On June 1, 1943 Bombing Squadron 106 (VB-106) was commissioned in the U.S. Navy (USN) in Fleet Air Wing 14 (FAW-14) under Commanding Officer (C.O.) John T. Hayward at NAAS Camp Kearney in San Diego with eighteen flight crews and fifteen new PB4Y-1 Liberators. The squadron underwent four months of training. On August 15, 1943 departs NAAS Camp Kearney for NAS Kaneohe on Oahu and was assigned to Fleet Air Wing Two (FAW-2).

Wartime History
On September 8, 1943 conducts search patrol from NAS Kaneohe until November 1, 1943 when deployed overseas to the South Pacific (SoPAC).

On March 22, 1944 lost is PB4Y-1 Liberator 32219 pilot Lt. Richard J. O'Donnell (MIA) flight from Guadalcanal bound for Munda Airfield on the last leg of a delivery flight for assignment to the squadron.

On May 1, 1944 lost is PB4Y-1 Liberator 32175 pilot Lt. Commander Allen L. Seaman (MIA) on a patrol mission and crashed into the sea.

On October 1, 1944 redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 106 (VPB-106)

Postwar
On May 15, 1946 redesignated Patrol Squadron 106 (VP-106). On October 5, 1946 disestablished.

References
Pacific Wrecks - Bombing Squadron 106 (VPB-106) / Patrol Bombing Squadron 106 (VPB-106) PB4Y-1 Liberators
NARA Bombing Squadron One Hundred Six (VB-106) War History