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The Lockheed P2 Neptune was an American maritime patrol and anti submarine aircraft that first flew the week after VE day in 1945. The aircraft entered service with the United States Navy in 1947 and of the 1,177 built, many were exported to foreign militaries such as the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft was extremely versatile and could be equipped with a wide range of weapons and sensors such as radar, sonobuoys, depth

Our French Navy Lockheed P2V7 "Neptune," saved from the wreckers on Tahiti and still going strong. It's quite a story of "Lost, Found and Restored" for our French Navy (Marine) 566 spotted all alone and neglected at Tahiti's Papeete International Airport back in the mid-1980's. Gifted to HARS by the French government, the legendary surveillance aircraft was restored by volunteers and flown across to Australia in 1989 and one of our first successful restorations. France's surveillance in the Sout