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: 613
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: 613
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