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LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 37630
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
Bureau #: 37630
Construction #: 15-15-1596
Civil Registration:
  N2597B
  OB-WBO-505
Model(s):
  PV-2D Harpoon
  PV-2T Harpoon
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1959
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37630.
  • Brought On Charge: N/A
  • Struck Off Charge: N/A
  • Withdrawn from use, MCAS Cherry Point, NC, February 15, 1957.
Madden & Playford Aircraft Sales, Miami, FL, 1957.
  • Registered as N2597B
Dee Howard Co Inc, San Antonio, TX, 1957.
  • Wings modified.
  • Fitted with rounded nose.
Royal International Corp, St Petersburg, FL, 1958.
Aerovias Madre de Dios SA, Iberia, Peru, September 18, 1958-1959.
  • Registered as OB-WBO-505.
  • Crashed on takeoff Cusco Airport, Peru, December 7, 1959.
  • Fuselage destroyed.
  • Modified wings salvaged.
U.S. Civil registry incorrectly quotes type as PV-1, id. “1596”.
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