Marine Transport Squadron 252

  June 1928 to present

  United States of America

TYPE: US Navy unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: NAS San Diego, CA (pre-WWII), MCAS Ewa, HI (1941), MCAS Cherry Point, NC (post-WWII), MCAS Miramar, CA (1946), MCAS El Toro, CA (from 1946)

FORMER NAME: VJ-7M

SUBSEQUENT NAME: VMR-252

VJ-7M was formed on 1 June 1928 at NAS San Diego, CA as Headquarters Detachment 7M. The squadron was re-designated several times in the next decade. It received the designation VMJ-252 on 1 July 1941, and VMR-252 on 1 April 1945. VMJ-252 was belonging to MAG-21 at the time of Pearl Harbor, and all its aircraft were destroyed in the attack.

VMJ-252 was heavily involved during World War II and participated in the following campaigns: Pearl Harbor, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Following the war, the squadron relocated to MCAS Cherry Point, NC and was reassigned to MAG-21.

In July 1946, VMR-252 was based at MCAS Miramar, CA as part of MAG-25. They remained there until 14 October 1946 when they were moved to MCAS El Toro, CA.

August 1944 to March 1952*

• Curtiss R5C-1 Commando: 39496, 39497, 39498, 39507, 39522, 39520, 39523, 39526, 39528, 39531, 39533, 39538, 39535, 39534, 39540, 39541, 39542, 39548, 39550, 39558, 39561, 39565, 39566 , 39568, 39573, 39574, 39575, 39577, 39578, 39587, 39588, 39589, 39591, 39592, 39600, 39602, 50693, 50696, 50697, 50698, 50699, 50701, 50706, 50707, 50708, 50709, 50710, 50711, 50712, 50714, 50716, 50726, 50728