126 results found
Registration / Serial:N500LN
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5560 (500-113)
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025
Photo Date:24 July 2025
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:838373Submit Correction
View count: 52
Built as PV-1 34670 for US Navy in June 1943. Transferred to RAF as FP579 but diverted to South Africa as 6417. Sold to Howard Aero in January 1961 and converted to Howard 500 executive standard. Based in the UK from 1978 until returning to the US in October 2012 the aircraft is operated by Minnesota based TP Aero.
Registration / Serial:N500LN
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5560 (500-113)
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:24 July 2025
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:N500LN
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5560 (500-113)
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025
Photo Date:24 July 2025
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:838373Submit Correction
View count: 52
Built as PV-1 34670 for US Navy in June 1943. Transferred to RAF as FP579 but diverted to South Africa as 6417. Sold to Howard Aero in January 1961 and converted to Howard 500 executive standard. Based in the UK from 1978 until returning to the US in October 2012 the aircraft is operated by Minnesota based TP Aero.
Registration / Serial:N500LN
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5560 (500-113)
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:24 July 2025
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:830017Submit Correction
View count: 40
Built for the US Navy as PV-1 48722. Delivered to the RAF as Ventura GR.V JS942 then diverted to the SAAF as 6458. Shipped from South Africa to the USA in 1959 and converted to Howard Super Ventura conversion number 50 N130PL in 1962. Converted to Howard 500 conversion number 500-114 and reregistered as N130P in 1964. Stored at Chandler Memorial as it was known then in 1987. Burnt out by vandals in 2018.
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:830017Submit Correction
View count: 40
Built for the US Navy as PV-1 48722. Delivered to the RAF as Ventura GR.V JS942 then diverted to the SAAF as 6458. Shipped from South Africa to the USA in 1959 and converted to Howard Super Ventura conversion number 50 N130PL in 1962. Converted to Howard 500 conversion number 500-114 and reregistered as N130P in 1964. Stored at Chandler Memorial as it was known then in 1987. Burnt out by vandals in 2018.
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N183PL
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5492
City / Airport:Chico - Municipal (KCIC / CIC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:4 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:827848Submit Correction
View count: 37
Ordered by the US Navy as 34602 and transferred to the RCAF as Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2226 in 1943. Sold as N10476 in 1955 and converted to a Howard Super Ventura by 1957. Reregistered as N100P in 1957, N130P then N130PL in 1959 and N430PL then N183PL in 1961. Withdrawn from use at Chico, CA by 1978. To the Chico Air Museum in 2005.
Registration / Serial:N183PL
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
C/n (msn):237-5492
City / Airport:Chico - Municipal (KCIC / CIC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:4 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N183PL
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5492
City / Airport:Chico - Municipal (KCIC / CIC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:4 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:827848Submit Correction
View count: 37
Ordered by the US Navy as 34602 and transferred to the RCAF as Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2226 in 1943. Sold as N10476 in 1955 and converted to a Howard Super Ventura by 1957. Reregistered as N100P in 1957, N130P then N130PL in 1959 and N430PL then N183PL in 1961. Withdrawn from use at Chico, CA by 1978. To the Chico Air Museum in 2005.
Registration / Serial:N183PL
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
C/n (msn):237-5492
City / Airport:Chico - Municipal (KCIC / CIC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:4 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:18 September 1990
Photo by:Richard BlataContact
Photo ID:826096Submit Correction
View count: 47
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:18 September 1990
Photo by:Richard BlataContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:18 September 1990
Photo by:Richard BlataContact
Photo ID:826096Submit Correction
View count: 47
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:18 September 1990
Photo by:Richard BlataContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1987
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:802016Submit Correction
View count: 73
This rare machine was left at Chandler when the airport closed in 2007. It gradually deteriorated and became a graffiti billboard before being vandalised and destroyed in a fire.
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1987
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1987
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:802016Submit Correction
View count: 73
This rare machine was left at Chandler when the airport closed in 2007. It gradually deteriorated and became a graffiti billboard before being vandalised and destroyed in a fire.
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1987
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:N234P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
Manufacturers:Vega / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5336
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1973 to 1978
Photo from:Gerrit Bouma Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Photo ID:801729Submit Correction
View count: 102
Any help on the location is appreciated. Date range is an estimate. Photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:N234P
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
C/n (msn):237-5336
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1973 to 1978
Photo from:Gerrit Bouma Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Registration / Serial:N234P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
Manufacturers:Vega / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5336
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1973 to 1978
Photo from:Gerrit Bouma Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Photo ID:801729Submit Correction
View count: 102
Any help on the location is appreciated. Date range is an estimate. Photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:N234P
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
C/n (msn):237-5336
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1973 to 1978
Photo from:Gerrit Bouma Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:17 April 1998
Photo by:Neil AirdContact
Photo ID:797767Submit Correction
View count: 64
Photographer: Neil Aird.
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:17 April 1998
Photo by:Neil AirdContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:17 April 1998
Photo by:Neil AirdContact
Photo ID:797767Submit Correction
View count: 64
Photographer: Neil Aird.
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:17 April 1998
Photo by:Neil AirdContact
Registration / Serial:N896JB
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5500 (500-111)
City / Airport:Miami - Executive (KTMB / TMB)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 July 1987
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:793982Submit Correction
View count: 81
Delivered to the RAF as Ventura GR.V FP552 and diverted to the South African Air Force as 6409 in 1944. Shipped to the USA in 1959 and converted to Howard 500 c/n 500-111 by 1961 and registered as N456 then N4566, N749G in 1966, N696JB in 1976 and N896JB in 1979. Badly damaged by Hurricane Andrew at Tamiami in 1992. Last noted there in 1993. Probably scrapped.
Registration / Serial:N896JB
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5500 (500-111)
City / Airport:Miami - Executive (KTMB / TMB)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 July 1987
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N896JB
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5500 (500-111)
City / Airport:Miami - Executive (KTMB / TMB)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 July 1987
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:793982Submit Correction
View count: 81
Delivered to the RAF as Ventura GR.V FP552 and diverted to the South African Air Force as 6409 in 1944. Shipped to the USA in 1959 and converted to Howard 500 c/n 500-111 by 1961 and registered as N456 then N4566, N749G in 1966, N696JB in 1976 and N896JB in 1979. Badly damaged by Hurricane Andrew at Tamiami in 1992. Last noted there in 1993. Probably scrapped.
Registration / Serial:N896JB
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5500 (500-111)
City / Airport:Miami - Executive (KTMB / TMB)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 July 1987
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:2263
Military Code:DK- R
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5892
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
Unit Markings:1 Air Armament School
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:1948
Photo from:James Craik CollectionContact
Photo ID:773581Submit Correction
View count: 217
DND photo.
Registration / Serial:2263
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5892
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:1948
Photo from:James Craik CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:2263
Military Code:DK- R
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5892
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
Unit Markings:1 Air Armament School
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:1948
Photo from:James Craik CollectionContact
Photo ID:773581Submit Correction
View count: 217
DND photo.
Registration / Serial:2263
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5892
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:1948
Photo from:James Craik CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:AE660
Military Code:YH-Y
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura I
C/n (msn):37-4003
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:21 Sqn
City / Airport:Methwold (closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:768622Submit Correction
View count: 249
AE660 seen here with the air force of Eastland , the "enemy from the east" during Exercise Spartan held in the UK in March 1943. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial:AE660
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura I
C/n (msn):37-4003
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Methwold (closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:AE660
Military Code:YH-Y
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura I
C/n (msn):37-4003
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:21 Sqn
City / Airport:Methwold (closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:768622Submit Correction
View count: 249
AE660 seen here with the air force of Eastland , the "enemy from the east" during Exercise Spartan held in the UK in March 1943. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial:AE660
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura I
C/n (msn):37-4003
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Methwold (closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N9060
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5269
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:768290Submit Correction
View count: 135
Built in 1943 as PV-1 33260 for the US Navy but diverted to the Royal Canadian Air Force as serial 2186. It served until August 1950 when it was struck off charge and stored until August 1955 when it returned to the USA as N75384. In 1957 it was converted as a Howard Super Ventura executive transport with the new registration N9060. There is an online photo of it at London Air Port in June 1958 to where it is said to have brought Howard Hughes for a business visit. It subsequently passed through the hands of numerous companies and was last reported stored at Yukon, OK., in 1980.
Registration / Serial:N9060
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
C/n (msn):237-5269
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N9060
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5269
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:768290Submit Correction
View count: 135
Built in 1943 as PV-1 33260 for the US Navy but diverted to the Royal Canadian Air Force as serial 2186. It served until August 1950 when it was struck off charge and stored until August 1955 when it returned to the USA as N75384. In 1957 it was converted as a Howard Super Ventura executive transport with the new registration N9060. There is an online photo of it at London Air Port in June 1958 to where it is said to have brought Howard Hughes for a business visit. It subsequently passed through the hands of numerous companies and was last reported stored at Yukon, OK., in 1980.
Registration / Serial:N9060
Aircraft Version:Howard Super Ventura
C/n (msn):237-5269
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:YV-183CP
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 400
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5599
City / Airport:Miami - Opa-locka Executive (KOPF / OPF)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:9 November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:761761Submit Correction
View count: 178
Registration / Serial:YV-183CP
Aircraft Version:Howard 400
C/n (msn):237-5599
City / Airport:Miami - Opa-locka Executive (KOPF / OPF)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:9 November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:YV-183CP
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 400
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5599
City / Airport:Miami - Opa-locka Executive (KOPF / OPF)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:9 November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:761761Submit Correction
View count: 178
Registration / Serial:YV-183CP
Aircraft Version:Howard 400
C/n (msn):237-5599
City / Airport:Miami - Opa-locka Executive (KOPF / OPF)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:9 November 1979
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:6432
Military Code:F
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5649
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Area:Edenvale / Dickie Fritz Shellhole [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:11 May 1987
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:751276Submit Correction
View count: 2560
Seen outside the Dickie Fritz Shellhole in Edenvale in the East Rand just outside Johannesburg, this Ventura was delivered to the US Navy as 34759 and then given the RAF serial FP607. It never served with the RAF, but was transferred directly to the SAAF where it served in various roles including as an instructional airframe. Put on display during the 1980s at the Memorable Order of Tin Hats (MOTH) Dickie Fritz Shellhole, so named after two friends Dickie Dashwood and Fritz von Linsingen who were killed in the Battle of Bardia in the North African Campaign of World War 2. Photo unknown
Registration / Serial:6432
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5649
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Area:Edenvale / Dickie Fritz Shellhole [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:11 May 1987
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Registration / Serial:6432
Military Code:F
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5649
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Area:Edenvale / Dickie Fritz Shellhole [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:11 May 1987
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:751276Submit Correction
View count: 2560
Seen outside the Dickie Fritz Shellhole in Edenvale in the East Rand just outside Johannesburg, this Ventura was delivered to the US Navy as 34759 and then given the RAF serial FP607. It never served with the RAF, but was transferred directly to the SAAF where it served in various roles including as an instructional airframe. Put on display during the 1980s at the Memorable Order of Tin Hats (MOTH) Dickie Fritz Shellhole, so named after two friends Dickie Dashwood and Fritz von Linsingen who were killed in the Battle of Bardia in the North African Campaign of World War 2. Photo unknown
Registration / Serial:6432
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-5649
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Area:Edenvale / Dickie Fritz Shellhole [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:11 May 1987
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Registration / Serial:6487
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-6219
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Airport:Lanseria (FALA / HLA)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:6 October 1981
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:750733Submit Correction
View count: 1842
This Ventura served as Field Marshal Jan Smuts personal plane, seen here as part of the SAAF Museum collection. Photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:6487
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-6219
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Airport:Lanseria (FALA / HLA)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:6 October 1981
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Registration / Serial:6487
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-6219
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Airport:Lanseria (FALA / HLA)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:6 October 1981
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:750733Submit Correction
View count: 1842
This Ventura served as Field Marshal Jan Smuts personal plane, seen here as part of the SAAF Museum collection. Photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:6487
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura V
C/n (msn):237-6219
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
City / Airport:Lanseria (FALA / HLA)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:6 October 1981
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Registration / Serial:AE939
Military Code:SB-C
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura II
C/n (msn):137-4282
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:464 Sqn
City / Airport:Feltwell (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:September 1942 to December 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:750614Submit Correction
View count: 215
464 Sqn was an RAAF bomber unit that operated out of the UK in World War II. It exchanged the Venturas for Mosquitoes in July 1943 and became famous for precision raids such as breaching the walls of Amiens prison in France and bombing Gestapo offices in Denmark. Photo from: Imperial War Museums[
Registration / Serial:AE939
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura II
C/n (msn):137-4282
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Feltwell (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:September 1942 to December 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:AE939
Military Code:SB-C
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura II
C/n (msn):137-4282
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:464 Sqn
City / Airport:Feltwell (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:September 1942 to December 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:750614Submit Correction
View count: 215
464 Sqn was an RAAF bomber unit that operated out of the UK in World War II. It exchanged the Venturas for Mosquitoes in July 1943 and became famous for precision raids such as breaching the walls of Amiens prison in France and bombing Gestapo offices in Denmark. Photo from: Imperial War Museums[
Registration / Serial:AE939
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 37 Ventura II
C/n (msn):137-4282
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Feltwell (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:September 1942 to December 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1994
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Photo ID:749882Submit Correction
View count: 118
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1994
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1994
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Photo ID:749882Submit Correction
View count: 118
Registration / Serial:N130P
Aircraft Version:Howard 500
C/n (msn):237-5958 (500-114)
City / Airport:Chandler - Gila River Memorial (34AZ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1994
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Registration / Serial:FN957
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura GR5
C/n (msn):237-5090
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:741480Submit Correction
View count: 245
The Imperial War Museum says following service with the Telecommunications Flying Unit and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, FN957 was assigned to the South African Air Force. The Australian website ADF Serials lists FN957 as operated by 429 Sqn, RAAF, which was based in the eastern Mediterranean. The consistency is both put the aircraft into the same theatre of war. FN957 was struck off charge by the RAF in 1946. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial:FN957
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura GR5
C/n (msn):237-5090
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:FN957
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura GR5
C/n (msn):237-5090
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:741480Submit Correction
View count: 245
The Imperial War Museum says following service with the Telecommunications Flying Unit and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, FN957 was assigned to the South African Air Force. The Australian website ADF Serials lists FN957 as operated by 429 Sqn, RAAF, which was based in the eastern Mediterranean. The consistency is both put the aircraft into the same theatre of war. FN957 was struck off charge by the RAF in 1946. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial:FN957
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 237 Ventura GR5
C/n (msn):237-5090
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ4633
Military Code:33
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
C/n (msn):237-6395
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1944 to October 1945
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:704483Submit Correction
View count: 315
The source says: 'Flight of Lockheed Venturas from Emirau, May 1943.' However, these PV-2 airframes did not enter RNZAF service in the Pacific theatre until 1944. They did not apparently receive a British Mk designation.
Registration / Serial:NZ4633
Aircraft Version:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
C/n (msn):237-6395
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1944 to October 1945
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NZ4633
Military Code:33
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
C/n (msn):237-6395
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1944 to October 1945
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:704483Submit Correction
View count: 315
The source says: 'Flight of Lockheed Venturas from Emirau, May 1943.' However, these PV-2 airframes did not enter RNZAF service in the Pacific theatre until 1944. They did not apparently receive a British Mk designation.
Registration / Serial:NZ4633
Aircraft Version:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
C/n (msn):237-6395
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1944 to October 1945
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N1000X
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Spartan Ventura
Licence-built by:Vega
C/n (msn):137-4688
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:17 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:692046Submit Correction
View count: 185
Ordered by the USAAF as B-34 41-38032 transferred to the RAF as FD580 but retained by the USAAF as FD580. To Cuba as 215 in 1947 then registered as N1527V in 1951 then N1000X in 1957. Converted to a Spartan Ventura from 1958 to 1960. Stored at Fort Lauderdale International, FL by 1975. Moved to Stockton, CA for restoration in 1992. Ownership transferred to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in 1994. Moved to Sanford, FL in 2004. restored and displayed in the terminal.
Registration / Serial:N1000X
Aircraft Version:Spartan Ventura
C/n (msn):137-4688
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:17 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N1000X
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Spartan Ventura
Licence-built by:Vega
C/n (msn):137-4688
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:17 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:692046Submit Correction
View count: 185
Ordered by the USAAF as B-34 41-38032 transferred to the RAF as FD580 but retained by the USAAF as FD580. To Cuba as 215 in 1947 then registered as N1527V in 1951 then N1000X in 1957. Converted to a Spartan Ventura from 1958 to 1960. Stored at Fort Lauderdale International, FL by 1975. Moved to Stockton, CA for restoration in 1992. Ownership transferred to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in 1994. Moved to Sanford, FL in 2004. restored and displayed in the terminal.
Registration / Serial:N1000X
Aircraft Version:Spartan Ventura
C/n (msn):137-4688
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (KFLL / FLL)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:17 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N507H
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 350
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5331
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
Photo Date:12 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:690088Submit Correction
View count: 207
Ordered by the US Navy as PV-1 33322 and transferred to the RCAF as Ventura GR Mk.V 2202 in 1943. Sold as N5776N in 1951 and converted to civilitan cofiguration in 1952. Converted to a Spartan Ventura in 1954 then converted to a Howard Super Ventura and reregistered as N507N in 1959. Converted to a Howard 350 in 1966. Impounded for drug running in Oklahoma in 1975. Operated by the US Customs Service from 1976 then preserved at Pensacola from 1978. Airlifted to Fernando Beach by helicopter for restoration in 1986. Damaged beyond repair in transit and broken up for parts.
Registration / Serial:N507H
Aircraft Version:Howard 350
C/n (msn):237-5331
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:12 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N507H
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 350
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5331
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
Photo Date:12 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:690088Submit Correction
View count: 207
Ordered by the US Navy as PV-1 33322 and transferred to the RCAF as Ventura GR Mk.V 2202 in 1943. Sold as N5776N in 1951 and converted to civilitan cofiguration in 1952. Converted to a Spartan Ventura in 1954 then converted to a Howard Super Ventura and reregistered as N507N in 1959. Converted to a Howard 350 in 1966. Impounded for drug running in Oklahoma in 1975. Operated by the US Customs Service from 1976 then preserved at Pensacola from 1978. Airlifted to Fernando Beach by helicopter for restoration in 1986. Damaged beyond repair in transit and broken up for parts.
Registration / Serial:N507H
Aircraft Version:Howard 350
C/n (msn):237-5331
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:12 November 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact