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Lockheed Martin® P2-v7 1st Radio Research Company ‘Crazy Cats’, 18″ Mahogany Scale Model

$319.00

  • Length – 14.5 inches / Wingspan – 16 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

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1st Radio Research Company ‘Crazy Cats’ P2-v7 Model

Fly with the 1st Radio Research Company ‘Crazy Cats’ again in the hand crafted P2-v7 model. Each model is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 14.5 inches / Wingspan – 16 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

Lockheed Martin®, P2V7 Neptune, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions, used under license by Squadron Nostalgia LLC.

During the Vietnam War, the Neptune was used by the US Navy as a gunship, an overland reconnaissance and sensor deployment aircraft, and in its traditional role as a maritime patrol aircraft. The Neptune was also utilized by the US Army’s 1st Radio Research Company (Aviation), call sign “Crazy Cat”, based at Cam Ranh Air Base in South Vietnam, as an electronic “ferret” aircraft intercepting low-powered tactical voice and morse code radio signals.[9] The US Army operated the P-2 from 1967[9] until 1972, flying 42,500 hours with no accidents.[10] Observation Squadron 67 (VO-67), call sign “Lindy”, was the only P-2 Neptune aircraft squadron to ever receive the Presidential Unit Citation,[citation needed] flying Igloo White missions sowing seismic and acoustic sensors over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.[11] VO-67 lost three OP-2E aircraft and 20 aircrew to ground fire during its secret missions into Laos and Vietnam in 1967–68. The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) secret 34th Black Bat Squadron’s RB-69A/P2V-7U ELINT/SIGINT aircraft flew a low level electronic reconnaissance from Da Nang Air Base, flying over Thanh Hóa Province on 20 August 1963 to investigate an air resupply drop zone that turned out to be a set trap for a ROCAF C-123B airdrop mission 10 days earlier due to the air-inserted agents having been captured and turned. Next year, an air defense radar mapping mission was also flown by 34th Squadron’s RB-69A/P2V-7U aircraft into North Vietnam and Laos on the night of 16 March 1964. The RB-69A took off from Da Nang, flew up the Gulf of Tonkin before coasting in near Haiphong, then flew down North Vietnam and the Laos border. The mission was requested by SOG for helping plan the insert or resupply of agents. Seven AAA sites, 14 early warning radar sites and two GCI radar signals were detected.[8]

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