Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:SP-2H Neptune
    Last Military Serial:204 MLD
    Construction Number:726-7251
    Compressed ID:Lockheed SP-2H sn 204 MLD cn 726-72...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a SP-2H.

    Circa 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Netherlands Navy with s/n 204 and operated with these markings: 204 Dutch Navy.
    Flown direct to Biak in Dutch New Guinea.

    22 July 1982

    Last flight.

    1982

    Loaned to RAF Museum.
    Initially the airframe assignment to the RAF Museum at Cosford was considered a loan.

    2007

    Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
    The loan was converted to a donation.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: External display at RAF Cosford

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo taken outside the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford UK

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo taken outside the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford UK

    30 March 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
    View the Location Dossier
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Wrecks and Relics
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=47216][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, s/n 204 MLD, c/n 726-7251[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=47216
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.