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Registration / Serial: | 122466 |
Military Code: | XD-4 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1097 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | VX-6 |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 738353Submit Correction |
View count: | 144 |
Later named Amen! 122466 was back at its US base Patuxent River when it was ordered back to Antarctica to search for a missing UC-1 Otter. 122466 crashed on February 8, 1956, in Venezuela following a double engine failure. The crew survived as did the crew of the missing Otter. Both aircraft were destroyed in their respective accidents. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial: | 122466 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1097 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 122466 |
Military Code: | XD-4 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1097 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | VX-6 |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 738353Submit Correction |
View count: | 144 |
Later named Amen! 122466 was back at its US base Patuxent River when it was ordered back to Antarctica to search for a missing UC-1 Otter. 122466 crashed on February 8, 1956, in Venezuela following a double engine failure. The crew survived as did the crew of the missing Otter. Both aircraft were destroyed in their respective accidents. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial: | 122466 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune |
C/n (msn): | 126-1097 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Wigram (NZWG) (closed)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1955 |
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: | 722 |
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: | 722 |
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 |