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Offline camnite

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pv-2 harpoon
« on: March 03, 2012, 03:02:21 AM »
just thought some of ya'll might like to read about this plane being brought back to warbird status
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38160
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Re: pv-2 harpoon
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2012, 03:41:02 AM »
Simply amazing especially considering the time table!

Thanks for the link!

A beautiful aircraft, I've always liked the look of those Lockheeds and Howards.
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Re: pv-2 harpoon
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2012, 08:06:00 PM »
I have always loved thos birds. My grand dad was a crew chief and gunner for a PV-1 in the South Pacific.
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Re: pv-2 harpoon
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2012, 09:21:56 PM »
One of the great things about that restoration is that the guy leading it keeps posting updates and answering questions.  He's really in love with that old bird :)

Heckuva story to follow.
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Offline camnite

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Re: pv-2 harpoon
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2012, 10:19:21 PM »
Quote from: Reschke on March 03, 2012, 08:06:00 PM
I have always loved thos birds. My grand dad was a crew chief and gunner for a PV-1 in the South Pacific.
thank you to your grandad for me, he didn't happen to tell any stories, did he?


elsewhere on that forum, they also have "Hot Stuff" another pv-2.
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Re: pv-2 harpoon
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 08:25:38 AM »
Quote from: camnite on March 03, 2012, 10:19:21 PM
thank you to your grandad for me, he didn't happen to tell any stories, did he?


elsewhere on that forum, they also have "Hot Stuff" another pv-2.

Only a couple and they all are from his training and return from the Pacific. He does talk about any actual missions and my other grand father who was in the Invasion of Luzon only talks about his training and the ship rides to and from the Phillipines.
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