2 results found
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: 88
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: 88
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: 605
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: 605
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