Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune MR1, WX554 / 426-5170, Royal Air Force
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Registration: WX554
Construction Number: 426-5170
Code Number: 51-15965 / A-A / 5170
Military Unit: 217 Squadron
Model Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune MR1
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: Manchester - Ringway (MAN / EGCC), UK - England
Photographer: R.A.Scholefield
Date Taken: 25/08/1953
Date Submitted: 10/08/2009
Most unusually the Neptune still wears its USAF/MDAP serial 51-15965 on fuselage and wings two months after delivery. Also its c/n '5170' on the nose. It became WX554 in June 1953 and was scrapped in November 1958.
Picture ID:1186460