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	Lockheed PV-1 Ventura aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		It was designated the PV-1 and PV-2 Ventura by the US Navy and British Commonwealth, and was a military development of the Model 18 Lodestar transport aircraft,and the USAAF Lockheed B-34 Lexington.
		The Ventura was the aeroplane that Sq Ldr LH Trent, VC, Royal New Zealand Air Force, was flying when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his attack on 3 May 1943 on the power-station at Amsterdam.
		The Lockheed B-34 "Ventura" was a light bomber and maritime reconnaissance aircraft developed to a British contract.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/Ventura.htm (716 words)

	Kiwi Aircraft Images: L.37 Ventura
		The result was the Ventura which first flew at the end of July, 1941.
		After WWII, No.2 SQN continued to operate 12 Venturas from Ohakea until June 1946 when they were withdrawn, ironically to be replaced by Hudsons.
		The Ventura was the penultimate aircraft in the family which stretched from the Electra to the Harpoon.
	www.kiwiaircraftimages.com /ventura.html (517 words)

	PV-1 Ventura in the Pacific - Lockheed's forgotten warbird - pg. 1 - Flight Journal Magazine article
		PV-1 Ventura in the Pacific - Lockheed's forgotten warbird - pg.
		The PV-1 Ventura was also used in antisubmarine warfare in the Atlantic.
		This story is about a plane that those of us who rode it into battle see as the greatest medium bomber that ever flew—the U.S. Navy Lockheed PV-1 Vega Ventura.
	www.flightjournal.com /fj/articles/ventura/ventura_1.asp (2215 words)

	German sub shoots down plane from Floyd Bennett Field.
		On August 7, 1943, a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura aircraft (BuNo 29909) of Squadron VB-128 based at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY, was shot down while attacking the U-566, a German submarine commanded by ObLt.
		Squadron VB-128 was established on Feb. 15, 1943, and was later redesignated as VP-1 on Sept. 1, 1948.
		The wounded Copilot and Radio Operator were picked up by a Martin PBM seaplane dispatched to rescue the downed crewman at a location reported as "within 15 miles of 37-35N; 71-20W" (offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula).
	www.geocities.com /fort_tilden/pv1.html (136 words)

	College of the Holy Cross Holy Cross Magazine
		'41 was the co-pilot of the U.S. Navy PV-1 Ventura Bomber 31, which took off from Attu Island, Alaska, on March 25, 1944, headed for enemy targets in the Kurile Islands of Japan, never to return.
		The five Ventura bombers filled with "bats" - the military term for men who fly at night - shared a single mission: to help divert Japanese forces from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops fighting their way from the South Pacific to Tokyo.
		Another account reports that the Ventura may have been hit by enemy fire after flying over the northern Kuril Islands, as one of the engines showed damage possibly caused by Japanese anti-aircraft fire.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/publicaffairs/hcm/spring04/features/feature2.html (1429 words)

	Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
		Remarks by Tony Jarvis, President of the Ventura Memorial Flight Association: #356 is an RCAF Lockheed Ventura GR.V, #2261 taken by Les Corness (now deceased and formerly living in Edmonton) post war in Canada.
		This was one of 137 PV-1s (Lockheed Model 237-27-01) ordered by the U.S. Navy and transferred to the RCAF as G.R. Mk.
		Remarks by Jack McKillop: Lockheed Ventura G.R. Mk.
	1000aircraftphotos.com /MilitaryProp/LockheedPV1.htm (102 words)

	featured Aircraft
		The company’s Vega division produced the PV-1 Ventura and later the improved PV-2 Harpoon in meeting the British Air Ministry’s demand for a patrol-bomber.
		The PV-1 also equipped the Marine Corps’s first night fighter squadron.The more heavily armed PV-2 Harpoon was a major redesign of the Ventura that optimized it for the maritime reconnaissance role.
		The first of the PV-1 Venturas entered US Naval service in December 1942 after serving the RAF quite well.
	www.thirdcoast.org /featured.html (2099 words)

	Warbird Alley: Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Ventura
		At least 2,100 navalized Venturas and Harpoons were delivered before the end of the war, and the total number of deliveries to all customers exceeded 3,000.
		PV Ventura / Harpoon Units of World War II (Osprey Combat Aircraft Series #34)
		Venturas, especially, were delivered to a number of other nations, including Brazil, France, and all the Commonwealth nations.
	www.warbirdalley.com /pv2.htm (468 words)

	AirVenture 2002, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
		At least 2,100 PV-1 Venturas and PV-2 Harpoons were delivered before the end of the war, and the total number of deliveries to all customers exceeded 3,000.
		The RAF ordered the first Venturas but cancelled the order after seeing their limitations as a daylight bomber.
		The US Navy also placed an order, and Venturas saw combat in the Pacific.
	home.att.net /~p.david.pride/AirVenture2002/AV2k_079.htm (78 words)

	USS Indianapolis CA-35
		Shortly after 11:00 A.M. of the fourth day, the survivors were accidentally discovered by LT. (jg) Wilbur C. Gwinn, piloting his PV-1 Ventura Bomber on routine antisubmarine patrol.
		The court of inquiry ultimately recommended that Captain McVay be court-martialed on two vague charges: (1) culpable inefficiency in the performance of his duties and (2) negligently endangering the lives of others.
		Shark attacks began with sunrise of the first day and continued until the men were physically removed from the water, almost five days later.
	www.ussindianapolis.org /story.htm (1785 words)

	VP-6 History - Patrol Squadron Six
		It was the remains of the Lockheed PV-l Ventura belonging to VB-146 flown by Lieutenant Commander Ralph R Beacham, missing since 29 August 1943.
		1 Jan - 1 Jul 1968: PATRON SIX deployed to WESTPAC and was based at NAF Naha, Okinawa, with a detachment at NS Sangley Point, Republic of the Philippines, and NAF Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
		1 Aug 1951: During VP-6's second combat deployment to Korea it moved to Naval Air Facility NAF Naha, Okinawa, to conduct aerial reconnaissance off the China Coast under the operational control of FAW-1.
	patronsix.com /html/vp-6_history.html (4338 words)

	P-2 Neptune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (until 1963 the P2V Neptune) was a naval patrol bomber and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy between 1947 and 1978, replacing the PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon and being replaced in turn with the P-3 Orion.
		Designation sequence: Lockheed PV - P2V Neptune - P3V Orion
		P2V-7 Neptune of Patrol Squadron SEVEN (VP-7) over the Atlantic in 1954
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/P-2_Neptune (702 words)

	Lockheed PV Ventura / Harpoon by Jack McKillop
		On 6 December 1942, 47 Venturas from the three squadrons joined Douglas Bostons (equivalent to USAAF A-20s) and deHavilland Mosquitos in a low-level attack against the Philips electronics plant at Endhoven, the Netherlands; nine of the Venturas were shot down and 37 damaged.
		To NAS Attu, 1 October to fly long-range missions to the northern Kurile Islands, to NAS Adak 10 October for R&R, and to NAS Attu 16 November to fly missions to the Kurile Islands.
		Initially, the PV squadrons were tasked with supporting the Allied recapture of Attu and Kiska Islands and they flew photographic reconnaissance, patrol and bombing missions to those islands.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/pv_ventura.htm (9956 words)

	Squadron History VPB-119 to VD-5
		The XI Army Air Force conducted Between 1942-1944; Navy air searches were conducted by the PBY Catalina and, later on, the PV-1 Ventura.
		Commander Bales was killed in action on 1 April 1945.
		After serving in the South Pacific, it reorganized as a PB4Y-2 Squadron and served on Okinawa from June to July 1945.
	alanc.carey.freeservers.com /photo3.html (1586 words)

	Ventura
		The result, after a near total rebuild, was the Howard Super Ventura built in 1955 by the recently formed Manufacturing Division of Howard Aero.
		It's first civil conversion of the Ventura was for Dresser Industries in 1948 using the only Ventura declared war surplus by the US.
		The Ventura bomber had not enjoyed popularity with RAF pilots in the early stages of the war but had gained favour with the US Navy in the Pacific.
	freespace.virgin.net /m.zoeller/Ventura.htm (758 words)

	United States Navy Aircrew: 25 March 1944
		The PV-1 Ventura bomber was part of a five-plane flight that encountered bad weather during the mission.
		The Ventura PV-1 bomber was among five planes that took off from Attu--all of them from Unit 139 of Fleet Air Wing 4 of the U.S. Navy.
		The wreckage of their PV-1 Ventura bomber was found in 1962 on the Kamchatka Peninsula on Russia's far eastern border.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /aircrew-03251944.htm (3544 words)

	PV-1 Ventura by Mick Evans (Fonderie Miniature 1/48)
		PV-1 Ventura by Mick Evans (Fonderie Miniature 1/48)
		Here is my Fonderie Miniature 1/48 scale Lockheed PV-1 Ventura.
		Fonderie Miniature's 1/48 PV-1 Ventura is available online from Squadron.com
	hsfeatures.com /features04/pv1venturame_1.htm (574 words)

	Friday, August 10, 2001
		The Lockheed Hudson PV-1 Ventura bomber like this one that crashed March 25, 1944 on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula north of Hokkaido is believed to hold the remains of seven Navy aviators.
		On that day, five lumbering Navy PV-1 Ventura twin-engine bombers took off from Attu in Alaska’s Aleutian chain.
		The wreckage of the Ventura bomber was discovered on the peninsula in 1999.
	www.stripes.com /01/aug01/ed081001d.html (536 words)

	Model Airplane Lockheed PV 1 Ventura Wood
		Model Airplanes: The Lockheed Ventura Model Airplane is crafted from wood.
		This airplane comes fully assembled and arrives with a handsome wood stand (not shown).
	store.tailwinds.com /lopv1vewomoa.html (241 words)

	Lockheed PV-1 (PV-2) Ventura / Harpoon - 1164
		The PV-1 Ventura had a maximum speed of 322 mph at 13,800 ft, service ceiling of 26,300 ft, and a normal range of 1,360 miles.
		The Lockheed 37, originally built for the RAF and named Ventura, was then built for the US Army Air Force and the US Navy, being called the PV-1 Ventura for the Navy.
		All images, pictures and descriptions are the property of Scalecraft.com and may not be used without permission.
	www.scalecraft.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=450 (106 words)

	Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
		The Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon (Model 15-27-01) was a major redesign of the PV-1 Ventura to optimize it for the maritime reconnaissance role.
		The PV-2 was taken into combat for the first time in March of 1945 when VPB-139 returned to the Aleutians for a second tour of duty after having converting to Harpoons from Venturas.
		The redesign turned out to be so major that it was assigned a new basic model number of Vega Model 15.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b34_5.html (1245 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura - Frans Bonné
		Lockheed Ventura Mk II This version (Lockheed Model 37-21-01) was based on the Ventura Mk I, but was powered by 2 × Pratt and Whitney R-2800-31 Double Wasp radial, built to US military rather than civil standards.
		This batch of aircraft was built as the Ventura Mk IIA for the RAF, and as the B-34A Lexington for the USAAF.
		The long range of the Ventura meant it was very well suited for the maritime patrol bomber role, in which it would subsequently be featured.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/lockpv1.html (1592 words)

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	www.dansaircraft.com /piper_supercub_i.html (352 words)

	Lockheed Ventura /Harpoon
		Developed on a RAF request as a substitute of the Hudson, the Ventura was derivated from a civil model of the Lockheed, the Model 18 Lodestar.
		In 1940 the RAF ordered 675 exemplars of the new plane (Lockheed 37), that was at once passed to Coastal Command due to the poor day-bombing capabilities.
		The whole site and its content is ©2000-2001 by Taglia.Please read the DISCLAIMER before going on.
	www.tgplanes.com /planfile.asp?idplane=51 (164 words)

	CNN.com - Remains of U.S. flight crew from WWII found at remote Russian site - August 11, 2000
		Members of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs said they positively identified the wreckage of a U.S. Navy PV-1 Ventura bomber during an August 7-9 visit to the steep face of Mutnovskiy volcano on the desolate Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Russia.
		A number of sets of remains found at the site are believed to be those of the crew members of the Navy bomber.
		WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A joint U.S.-Russian recovery team operating at a remote site in eastern Russia has discovered remains believed to be those of U.S. servicemen missing in action since World War II, the Pentagon announced Friday.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/US/08/11/ww.ii.remains.recovery (487 words)

	PV-1
		His was the first Ventura squadron to operate from the bomber field.
		Robert R. Larson relates that Attu was used as a base for bombing the Kurile Islands, and that it was a long haul!
	www.hlswilliwaw.com /aleutians/Attu/html/attu-pv-1.htm (127 words)

	ken_arnold_1919 's Home Page
		Flying Lockheed PV-1 Ventura's, VB-144 completed its training in October 1943, then embarked in USS Copahee (CVE-12) for transportation to NAS Kaneohe Bay, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
		The Ventura was originaly built for the British to replace the Lockheed Hudson.
		Brief detachments to Midway and Johnston Islands were followed in December by the squadron's combat deployment to Tarawa.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Runway/9601/usnavypby2.html (2206 words)

	Aircraft: Lockheed PV-1 Harpoon
		The PV-1 is the "Ventura." Nice to see this incredibly under rated aircraft represented here!
		Edmonton, AB Did you know that the Ventura Memorial Flight Association (11410 Kingsway Ave., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5G 0X4, is restoring the last Lockheed ventura in Canada to airworthy condition?
		I would also appreciate it if you would not refer to the PV-1 as a Harpoon.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/lockheed/pv-1.htm (239 words)

	Vega 15 PV-2 Harpoon
		The Lockheed 37 PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber production was transferred to Vega.
		At that time the Navy discussed a redesign for the maritime patrol role.
	1000aircraftphotos.com /APS/2894.htm (53 words)

	Original Artwork: Joseph S. Howanski: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
		The Army dispatched the Ventura on coastal patrol and training manuevers.
		Based at naval air stations in coastal areas, Venturas located, attacked and destroyed six German U-boats prowling the eastern Atlantic.
		The Ventura first entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF).
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5TBYLI.HTM (327 words)

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