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LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 37629
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
Bureau #: 37629
Construction #: 15-1595
Civil Registration:
  N7456C
Model(s):
  PV-2D Harpoon
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1961
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37629.
  • Brought On Charge: N/A
  • Struck Off Charge: N/A
  • Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, September 20, 1955-1957.
William H. Bird/Bird & Sons Inc, Seattle WA & Vientiane, Laos, December 5, 1960-1961.
  • Registered as N7456C.
  • Roller-floor cargo conversion.
  • Ferried via Manila to Laos, January 27, 1961.
  • Used for CIA supply-drop operations in Laos.
  • Crashed after tailplane broke away in flight, near Phou Fa, Laos, October 1961.
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