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LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 37631
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
Bureau #: 37631
Construction #: 15-1597
Civil Registration:
  N7457C
Model(s):
  PV-2D Harpoon
  PV-2T Harpoon
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1963
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37631.
  • Brought On Charge: N/A
  • Struck Off Charge: N/A
  • Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, January 9, 1956-1957.
Private Owner, 1957.
  • Registered as N7455C.
  • Stored Houston, TX, 1957-1958.
William N. Byrd, Brawley, CA, 1961 William H. Bird/ Bird & Sons Inc, Seattle, WA, August 29, 1961-1963.
  • Fitted with roller floor.
  • Ferried from California to Laos by Jim Fore & Dutch Brongersma escorted by a Bird & Sons C-46 Commando.
  • Based Vientiane, Laos.
  • Flown on CIA contract supply work.
  • Shot down in flames by ground fire during cargo drop at Namtha, Laos near Chinese border, January 5, 1963.
    • Pilot Jim Fore, copilot Eddie Yip and 2 Thai kickers baled out, rescued next day by Air America choppers.
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