March Field Air Museum Secures PV-2 Harpoon

After more than two years of work, the March Field Air Museum of Riverside, California, has at last procured the last components of a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon WWII patrol bomber. This aircraft has had a long journey to get to the museum adjacent to March Air Reserve Base, but its newfound presence signals the start of a new chapter in the story of this 80-year-old patrol bomber. The MFAM’s Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon was built by Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California, as construction number 15-1182 and delivered to the US Navy as BuNo 37216. Following the conclusion of its active USN service life, it was flown to NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona (now Phoenix-Goodyear Airport) on January 19, 1954, and stored outdoors until its acquisition by Ralph S. Johnson/Master Equipment Co., Cheyenne, Wyoming, who had the aircraft…..

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