Probably 4605 at Luanda 197...(EMFA/CAVFA).
Note insignia of 91 Squadron.
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The PV-2 Harpoon
The Harpoon was one of the longest serving aircraft in Portuguese
service, from 1953 to 1975, when the remaining ones were left behind in
Angola. They also served in a diversity of roles (anti-submarine, VIP transport,
bombers, etc.) and with several different colour schemes. It is as always
this last aspect we will try to cover in this gallery:
PV-2 4610 (ex-BuNo 37442) at OGMA April 1963
(L.Tavares).
First colour scheme: all midnight blue like
U.S.Navy
Line up of PV-2 at Montijo Air Base probably during the fifties.
First aircraft is 4602 ex-BuNo 37271
delivered 17/10/53, retired 21/1/63.
PV-2 4631 (ex BuNo 37527) being unloaded at Montijo Air Base.Retired
27/2/63 (EMFA/CAVFA)
4617 (ex BuNo 37233). Crashed February 1963 in Moçambique
(EMFA/CAVFA)
4607 converted for VIP transport (ex BuNo 37547).Delivered 1954
(EMFA/CAVFA)
PV-2D 4604 (ex BuNo 84058) delivered 1953, also converted
as VIP in May 1959. Later reverted to war role, and finished her life in
Moçambique in 1965(EMFA/CAVFA)
Unidentified aircraft serving with Squadron 62 (note insignia on
nose). Note also guns on nose (EMFA/CAVFA)
4621 (ex BuNo 37475), camouflaged (normal size flag,
small insignia) at Luanda 197... (J.Nico via L.Tavares)
4603 (ex BuNo 37441) with other variant of green camouflage (no
insignia on fuselage and small flag).Also at Luanda (J.Nico via L.Tavares)