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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:P2V-7 Neptune
    Last Military Serial:A89-281 RAAF
    Construction Number:726-7281
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P2V-7 sn A89-281 RAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (H.A.R.S.), Wollongong Airport, Wollongong, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a P2V-7.

    1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 149081.

    2 May 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A89-281.

    June 1978

    To Chewing Gum Field Museum, Tallebudgera, QLD.

    Circa 1985


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1985 photo at Chewing Gum Field in Queensland

    To Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (H. A. R. S.), Wollongong Airport, Wollongong, New South Wales.
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    22 February 2009


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2009 photo at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Albion Park, New South Wales

    24 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: In open storage outside the HARS Museum at Illawarra Regional Airport, NSW, Australia

    24 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: In open storage outside the HARS Museum at Illawarra Regional Airport, NSW, Australia

    15 August 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2015 photo during a visit to Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (H. A. R. S.), Wollongong Airport, Wollongong, New South Wales.
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