Registration / Serial: | 122465 |
Military Code: | XD-9 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1096 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | VX-6 |
Aircraft Name: | Boopsie |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 20 September 1956 to 17 October 1956 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 626189Submit Correction |
View count: | 690 |
122465 was tragically destroyed with the loss of four lives when it crashed on approach to McMurdo on October 18, 1956. Poor weather closed in on the ice runway when the aircraft was past the point of no return to New Zealand. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial: | 122465 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1096 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 20 September 1956 to 17 October 1956 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 122465 |
Military Code: | XD-9 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1096 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | VX-6 |
Aircraft Name: | Boopsie |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 20 September 1956 to 17 October 1956 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 626189Submit Correction |
View count: | 690 |
122465 was tragically destroyed with the loss of four lives when it crashed on approach to McMurdo on October 18, 1956. Poor weather closed in on the ice runway when the aircraft was past the point of no return to New Zealand. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial: | 122465 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1096 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 20 September 1956 to 17 October 1956 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |