Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune, 122971 / 326-1135, US Navy
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Registration: 122971
Construction Number: 326-1135
Code Number: NC/11
Military Unit: VC-8
Model Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune
Operator: US Navy
Airport: RAF Bovingdon, UK - England
Photographer: Les Vowles
Date Taken: 16/10/1952
Date Submitted: 23/03/2021
Another of the stop-gap* HATWING Neptunes which could be RATO launched from US Navy Coral Sea class carriers with an atomic bomb, though they could not 'land' on a carrier and had to be craned aboard if operational use was required. (* until AJ Savages became operational)
Picture ID:1747210