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	CFS 2 Aircraft page 26
		This aircraft is an FSDS project to represent the PV-2 Harpoon, "Z 101" witch served in the Marianas islans with Naavy squadren VBP-142.
		The Harpoon seved in the south pacific theater in anti-submarine, and anti-shipping opperations.
		Early versions of the Harpoon were sent to the R.A.F. to combat German U-Boats.BY: David M. Roush.
	www.simviation.com /cfs2aircraft26.htm (532 words)

	AMHF - Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
		Designed as an extended range replacement for the PV-1, the Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon entered military service with the Navy in March, 1945.
		In 1990, a group of pilots who had formed the nucleus of the AMHF purchased a PV-2 (N2697C) from it's owners in Tyler, Texas where it had been partially restored.
		Harpoons based in the Aleutians were used to bomb the Japanese home islands by equipping them with long range fuel tanks.
	www.amhf.org /aircraft/harpoon.shtml (402 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.
		Like its predecessors, the PV-2 Harpoon was built by Lockheed's Vega subsidiary, which by now had been absorbed into the Lockheed complex as Plant A-1.
		The combat use of the Harpoon by the Navy was fairly brief, and was cut short by the end of the war in the Pacific.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b34_5.html (1245 words)

	Pv 2 Aircraft - Big Aircraft Guide
		Osprey Publishing - PV Ventura/Harpoon Units of World War 2
		NOVA contacted the foundation about filming our PV - 2 Harpoon as part of the...
		PV -2s were used as bombers, patrol bombers, and attack aircraft.
	www.bigaircraftguide.com /pv-2-aircraft.html (611 words)

	PV-1 Ventura
		The PV-2 served primarily in the Pacific theater, and was well-used until the end of the war.
		Eventually the aircraft were operated by No.s 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9 BR Squadrons and No.1 (B) OTU.
		This version had the wingspan increased by 9 feet, increased fuel capacity, greater fin and rudder area, and improved armament (five.50 cal forward firing machine guns in the nose, two 50 cal machine guns in both dorsal turret and ventral position, and up to four 1000 lb.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /resources/tech/aircraft/pv-1.html (261 words)

	Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
		This site is dedicated to the history of the Lockheed PV-2 "Harpoon." One of the most over-looked aircraft of World War Two, this aircraft soldiered on with numerous air arms around the world into the late 1960s.
		Harpoon's continued to battle fires and agricultural pests into the 1990s.
		Now retired from its "combat" duties, most surviving 'Poons sit neglected at airports throughout the western United States.
	www.pv2harpoon.com (118 words)

	Lockheed Ventura
		The PV-2 Harpoon was a major redesign of the Ventura with the wing area increased from 551 ft² (51.2 m²) to 686 ft² (63.7 m²) giving an increased load-carrying capability.
		A restored RNZAF Harpoon is owned by the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland.
		The Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific received 139 Venturas and some Harpoons from 1943 to replace Lockheed Hudsons in the maratime patrol bomber and medium bomber roles.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Lockheed_Ventura.htm (1947 words)

	Harpoon
		The Ventura's successor, the PV-2 Harpoon, also received some executive conversions, though the majority of civilianised aircraft became freight haulers, crop dusters or were used for insect eradication.
		However one impressive bespoke conversion was the Howard Super Harpoon, with picture windows, large four-bladed paddle props and a fuselage extension of 6ft (1.8m), it was basically the Super Ventura concept built into a Harpoon.
		Howard also acquired a number of Harpoons in the late 1950s but most of them remained unconverted or gave up under-carriage parts to the Howard 500 aircraft.
	freespace.virgin.net /m.zoeller/Harpoon.htm (551 words)

	Lockheed PV / B-34 Lexington - en
		The PV-2 Harpoon and PV-1,3, B-34 Lexington (USAAF version of the PV Harpoon/Ventura) and B-37 Ventura were sea patrol and ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft, developed from the model 18 Lodestar.
		Lockheed B-34 Lexington was a USAAF version of the PV-2 Harpoon, Lockheed B-37 Ventura was developed from B-34.
		Compared with the A-28 and A-29 Hudson the Ventura was more powerful and better armed, but it had a shorter range because it did not carry more fuel.
	www.military.cz /usa/air/war/bomber/b34/b34_en.htm (169 words)

	History of the Ventura and Harpoon
		The first 30 Harpoons had already been delivered with the structural problem and these aircraft were designated as PV-2Cs and were used for training.
		An additional problem with wing spars caused squadrons operating Harpoons to ground the aircraft between April and May 1945.
		Soon after the PV-1 entered service, Lockheed began designing a new aircraft that would better fit the needs of the U.S. Navy.
	pvsquadrons.freeservers.com /custom.html (864 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - Lockheed Ventura and Harpoon
		The final twist in the development of the Ventura was a major redesign, the PV-2 Harpoon, first flown on 3 December 1943.
		The Harpoon could carry more bombs than the Ventura, and when a torpedo was carried it was now completely enclosed by the bomb bay doors.
		Only 20 of her crew of 51 were rescued.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/ventura.htm (1350 words)

	NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION - COLLECTIONS - AIRCRAFT
		The first of the PV-2 "Harpoons", larger and more heavily armed than the PV-1s, were ordered in June 1943 and reached Navy squadrons beginning in March 1944.
		By war's end some 17 squadrons were equipped with PV aircraft, and "Harpoons" flew with Naval Air Reserve Units into the 1950s.
		Given the press of world events, the British seized the opportunity to procure the aircraft, and by July 1941 the first "Venturas", as the aircraft was nicknamed, rolled off the assembly line complete with Royal Air Force camouflage markings.
	broadcast.illuminatedtech.com /display/story.cfm?bp=98&sid=8013 (315 words)

	CGTalk - Aircraft: Pv-2 Harpoon, Christian Damm (2D)
		Edit: I took a peek at the preview for expose 2, there's actually a couple of images of planes, but I couldn't tell if they were 3d or 2d.
		Being the purist that I am though in these matters, I have to say the shape of the Harpoon is slightly off.
		You have captured the theatening aspects of such a craft, and the way you handle light and shadow is impressive.
	forums.cgsociety.org /printthread.php?t=168019 (538 words)

	VPNAVY - Wisconsin Confederate Air Force - VP Patrol Squadron
		The PV-2 Harpoon was used primarily by the U.S. Navy during World War II.
		When we are finished, this aircraft will be the most completely restored and authentic military PV-2 Harpoon in the world and will receive national and international attention.
		The Wisconsin Wing of the Confederate Air Force (CAF) has undertaken a project to completely restore to full military configuration a Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon bomber.
	www.vpnavy.com /wcafpv2_notice.html (282 words)

	PV-2 Accident Report
		On September 4, 1947, Ensign Richard Donelson and his co-pilot, Lieutenant Raymond Soelter, ditched a PV-2 Harpoon roughly 1,000 yards north of the end of the runway at Sand Point.
		It is not known whether this is a dummy practice bomb or not.
		The Aircraft Accident Report for this incident states:
	www.scret.org /pv2/accidentReport.html (391 words)

	Lockheed PV-1 (PV-2) Ventura / Harpoon - 1164
		Lockheed PV-1 (PV-2) Ventura / Harpoon - 1164
		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)

	Air Classics: HIRTH HARPOONS
		John and Connie Hirtz were great fans and operators of the Harpoon but John was tragically killed in the crash of a PV-2 Harpoon fire bomber on 10 April 1997.
		The last operator of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon fire bombers in the United States was Hirth Air Tankers based out of Buffalo, Wyoming, reports MiIo Peltzer.
		At Falcon Field in Arizona, Tony Ritzman and Carl Scholl are in the last stages of preparing two of Kermit Weeks' PV-2s for a ferry flight to their desert storage facility in California.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200403/ai_n9398803 (310 words)

	PV-2 Harpoon
		Colonel Bill Hamerstadt, U.S. Marine Corps, will be at the controls of this very rare World War II Lockheed PV-2 "Harpoon" bomber at Celebrate Freedom
		The "Harpoon" were used as bombers, patrol bombers, and attack aircraft by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and they normally operated without fighter escort.
		The "Harpoon", which is named "Hot Stuff", entered service in March, 1945 and carried out rocket and bombing attacks on the Japanese Kurile, Truk, and Wake Island in the Pacific.
	www.celebratefreedomfoundation.org /harpoon.htm (118 words)

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		They had 5 forward firing fixed guns, 2 in a top turret and 2 in neutral positions behind the internal bomb bay.
		It was one of the Navy's fastest patrol bombers.
	nasgi.org /pv2.htm (76 words)

	P-2 Neptune
		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.
		Powerplant: 2× Wright R-3350-32W Cyclone Radials; 3,700 hp (2,800 kW).
		2× Westinghouse J-34-WE-36 turbojets; 3,400 lbf (15 kN) thrust
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/P-2-Neptune.htm (692 words)

	Lockheed PV Ventura / Harpoon by Jack McKillop
		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.
		IV which had a range of 1 to 2 miles (1.6 to 3.2 kilometers); these aircraft also were equipped with an additional four fixed 50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns in the nose.
		All but two of the PV squadrons serving in the Atlantic were established at NAS Deland, Florida, and received their primary training there.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/pv_ventura.htm (9956 words)

	May 10, 2003
		In the early 60's Johnson purchased an entire squadron of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon patrol bombers from the U.S. Navy.
		Johnson operated several smaller aircraft in addition to former WWII bombers such as B-18's, B-17 Flying Fortress,' C-82 Flying Boxcar's, "Aldrin Annie" the C-122, B-25 Mitchell's, B-26 Invader's, DC-3's, DC-4's, and Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon's to name a few.
		Johnson donated one of his famous Harpoon attack bombers to the Pima Air Museum located near Davis - Monthan Air Base in Tucson, Arizona.
	ox5.org /articles/johnson_ralph.htm (3344 words)

	VP2_2_Hist
		These replacements for the PV-2 Harpoons marked the beginning of an intense period of training for all squadron personnel in antisubmarine warfare.
		VPB-130 was redesignated VP-130, then VPML- 2, and transitioned from the PV-2 Harpoon to the P2V Neptune patrol bomber.
		In keeping with the redesignations, transition to a new aircraft, and reassignment of basic mission to antisubmarine warfare, a new squadron insignia was deemed appropriate.
	www.patron2.com /files/history.html (1435 words)

	Naval Air Station Tillamook - Gallery VII (Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon)
		The Harpoon lived a life of many missions during World War II.
		Being a versatile aircraft, she sometimes served as a patrol bomber, anti-submarine vehicle, and even as an attack plane.
		If you are not viewing this page as a pop-up window, please visit the Media Gallery first.
	www.nastillamook.org /gallery/aircraft/pv2-harpoon.htm (87 words)

	Lockheed Ventura /Harpoon
		In June 1943 it was ordered a better version of the PV-1, the PV-2 Harpoon, with more range, radar, and the possibility of carrying also torpedoes and depth charges.
		The whole site and its content is ©2000-2001 by Taglia.Please read the DISCLAIMER before going on.
		After the war these planes were given to many allied air forces.
	www.tgplanes.com /planfile.asp?idplane=51 (164 words)

	World Air Forces Japanese Air Force Post 1945
		(plus 2 vols of English Translation) Aireview's General View of Japanese Military Aircraft in the Pacific War 1956, Kanto-Sha, Tokyo, 324pp Ill. (plus 1 vol English Translation) Koku-Fan Illustrated #24 1985, 176pp.
		2 1992, Model Art, Tokyo, 298pp Ill. Aireview's: Aircraft of Japanese Self-Defence Forces #259, 176pp.
		Boeing 747-400 {F} 91/98 2 SP " 767-200ER AWAC " 96/98 4 SP " E-8C?
	www.worldairforces.com /Countries/japan/jpn.html (635 words)

	1/72 Hudson, Model 14, Lodestar, 1/72 PV-1 Ventura, PV-2 Harpoon. The Definitive 1/72 Scale Model Census.
		1/72 Hudson 1/72 Super Electra 1/72 Lodestar 1/72 Harpoon 1/72 PV-1 Ventura 1/72 PV-2 Harpoon 1/72 Model 14 1/72 Lockheed Model 14 1/72 Lockheed Hudson 1/72 Lockheed 14 Super Electra 1/72 Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra 1/72 Lockheed Lodestar 1/72 Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 1/72 Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon 1/72 Ventura Mk II 1/72 Ventura Mk.
		II 1/72 Ventura Mk 2 1/72 Ventura Mk.
		This site is hosted on a 3rd party server; consequently we have no control over, nor can we guarantee, site availability at any particular time.
	www.72scale.com /aircraft/Lockheed/PV-1.htm (275 words)

	Lockheed B-34 Ventura -- Chapter 4
		The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) received 116 PV-1s with serials NZ4501/NZ4582 and NZ4606/NZ4639.
		1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9 Squadrons and saw extensive service in the Solomons where they flew bombing, reconnaissance and air rescue duties.
		V continued into the postwar era, and some remained with No. 2 (Maritime) Group until well into the 1960s.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b034-04.html (1456 words)

	Axls Planes Gallery
		>> Mainpage >> WWII Allies >> PV-2 Harpoon
	www.studenten.net /customasp/axl/plane.asp?cat_id=3&ple_id=155&page=0 (16 words)

	USN and USMC Squadrons
		In all, 15 PV squadrons were formed for Atlantic operations consisting of VB/VPB-125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 141, 143, 145, 147, and 149.
		The first Atlantic-based PV-1 squadron to successfully attack an enemy submarine was VB-125.
	pvsquadrons.freeservers.com /custom2.html (430 words)

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