Slide taken by Mr. Akira Watanabe.

Kawasaki built 48 P2V-7 a/c for the JMSDF. All the Japanese P2V-7s were also assigned a US Navy Bureau Number, with this a/c being 149130.

Also assigned US Navy Bureau Number 149115. Slide taken by Mr. Akira Watanabe.

A dreary cold evening in Japan.

This Neptune was formerly RCAF 24113 and was purchased by The Flying Fireman of Victoria and converted to air tanker with a 3,000 gallon retardant tank. In 1972 it was used on a trial basis by the British Columbia Forest service during fire season and the Neptune did well in that role. Transport Canada did not approve the modifications so the Neptune was sold and went to the United States and worked there as an air tanker until it crashed in 1975. Its remains and parts of another Neptune were used in a rebuild and it is now on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Arizona as N14448.

Date range based on Canadian Ensign which was used 1960 to 1965.

This aircraft was delivered to the RAAF March 1962 and served with 10 Sqn and was broken up at Laverton in 1977. Scanned and cropped from an Instamatic slide.

This Neptune was formerly RCAF 24113 and was purchased by The Flying Fireman of Victoria and converted to air tanker with a 3,000 gallon retardant tank. In 1972 it was used on a trial basis by the British Columbia Forest service during fire season and the Neptune did well in that role. Transport Canada did not approve the modifications so the Neptune was sold and went to the United States and worked there as an air tanker until it crashed in 1975. Its remains and parts of another Neptune were used in a rebuild and it is now on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Arizona as N14448.

The JMSDF operated a total of 64 P2V-7 (SP-2H) patrol aircraft from 1956 to 1981. The first 16 were transferred from the USN, the remainder either assembled or manufactured by Kawasaki in Japan. The final delivery was in 1965, three years after Lockheed had finished production. This example was one of those delivered in knocked-down component form

Former Central Air Service has been stored for many years at AVQ. US Navy BuNo 147948.

P2V-7 Neptune of 405 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force coded 'VN-113' visiting Prestwick on a transatlantic training mission. Note that the RCAF Neptunes initially did not have the underwing J34 jetpods.