VP-18
NAME:  Flying Phantoms
TAIL CODES: HF (Sept '48 to mid '57) /LG (from mid '57)
Established: 4. February 1953
Disestablished: 10. October 1968 
Last updated: February 1, 2011
Changed format: April 7, 2002
Photo of 141243 added 10 January 2001.
Photos of 140159 and 145914 added 11. April 2001.
Photos of 147956 and 147964 added July 12. 2002.
Photo of one unidentified P2V-2 added October 19, 2002.
A profile of 140983 added October 20, 2002.
Photo of 140963 added November 8, 2002.
Photo of 135556 added November 23, 2002.
Photo of 128351 added November 24, 2002.
Photo of 135592 added November 28, 2002.
Photo of 135592 added July 24, 2003.
Photo of 135553 added September 22, 2003.
Four photos of 140983 added October 12, 2003
1000 pixel photo of 147955 added January 30, 2004.
Photo of 140975 added January 31, 2004.
A 1000 pixel photo of 147964 added October 7, 2004.
1000 pixel photos of 135592, 140983, 140159, 141239, 141243, 145914 and 147956 added October 7, 2004.
1000 pixel photos of 127782, 128351, 135549, 135553, 135572, 141242 and 141247 added October 24, 2004.
Photo of 135561 added November 01, 2004.
Replaced photo of 147956  and added a 1000 pixel version on August 31, 2005
A photo of 147964 added January 25, 2010.
New photos of 128351, 135592 and 140443 added January 18, 2011

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Known Neptunes of VP-18 as of April 7, 2002

P2V-2,  Photographed near Jacksonville on July 3, 1953. Official USN photo courtesy NAS Jacksonville. Any assistance with BuNo appreciated. New October 19, 2002
P2V-7,  Photographed in Prestwick Scotland in August 1955 by Wilfred White. Any assistance with BuNo appreciated.
P2V-5, 127782, 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed at Argentia Newfoundland in 1955. USN photo, courtesy Ed Cuneo
P2V-5, 128351, 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed in 1955. USN photo, courtesy Ed Cuneo                        Lower: Date and location unknown. Photographed by Odell, courtesy DavidW. Menard.	P2V-5, 128351, Date and location unknown. Photographed in 1954 by Odell, courtesy DavidW. Menard.	P2V-5, 128351, Date and location unknown. Photographed in 1954 by Odell, courtesy DavidW. Menard. New November 24, 2002 1000 pixels  Photographed in 1953 at Dayton, Ohio. Courtesy Peter Wright (New January 18, 2011)
P2V-7, 135547, Date and location unknown. Photograph courtesy William P. Keyes jr
SP-2H, 135549, 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Date and location unknown.
P2V-7, 135553, 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England in 1956 or early 1957 by Arthur Pearcy.	P2V-7, 135553, Photographed at NAS Keflavik in 1956 or early 1957 USNavy photo. New September 22, 2003
P2V-7, 135556, Photographed in England in 1957. Courtesy MAP New November 23, 2002
P2V-7, 135560. 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England in 1956 or early 1957 by Arthur Pearcy
P2V-7, 135561. 1000 pixels Photographed over the USA on March 1, 1956. Courtesy Norm Taylor Archives. New November 01, 2004
P2V-7, 135572. 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England on 30. March 1958 by Arthur Pearcy.
P2V-7, 135592. Photographed in England in 1959. Courtesy MAP	SP-2H, 135592. Photographed at Prestwick, Scotland in October 1963 by Wilfred White. New November 28, 2002	SP-2H, 135592. 1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at Dublin, Ireland on July 27, 1963. Photo Ray Flynn. New July 24, 2003 1000 pixels Photographed near NAS Jacksonville in 1964. Courtesy Donald Bailey. New January 18, 2011
P2V-7, 140159. 1000 pixels (New February 10, 2010) Photographed by Robin A. Walker at Blackbushe, England on February 28, 1960 and used with his permission. Courtesy AB-PIC
P2V-7, 140443. 1000 pixels Photographed near NAS Jacksonville in 1964. Courtesy Donald Bailey. New January 18, 2011
P2V-7, 140963. A very bad photographed included for completeness. Date and location unknown. New November 8, 2002.
P2V-7, 140975. 1000 pixels (New 31. jan. 2004) Photographed marked for Unitas VII. USN photo. New January 31, 2004
SP-2H, 140983. Photographed at Reykjavik airport on 25. August 1963. Photographer unknown. New October 12, 2003. 1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at Reykjavik airport on 25. August 1963 by Baldur Sveinsson.	SP-2H, 140983. Photographed at Reykjavik airport on 25. August 1963. Photographer unknown. New October 12, 2003	SP-2H, 140983. A superb profile by Jeffery Cultice of this Neptune that was involved in the search and rescue of Astronaut Scott Carpenter after his Mercury spacecraft overshot its landing area on May 24, 1962. New October 20, 2002
SP-2H, 140986. USN photograph during Cuba crisis in 1962
P2V-7, 141239. 1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England in 1959. Courtesy MAP.
P2V-7,141242. 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England on 30. March 1958 by Arthur Pearcy.
P2V-7, 141243.  USN photo. Bad quality. Included for completeness. Date and location unknown.	P2V-7, 141243.  1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at NAS Jacksonville. Courtesy Richard Johnson.
P2V-7, 141247. 1000 pixels (New October 24. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England on 30. March 1958 by Arthur Pearcy.
P-2H, 145914. 1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at Blackbushe, England on 30. March 1958 by Arthur Pearcy.
SP-2H, 147955.   1000 pixels (New 30. jan. 2004) USN photograph. Date and location unknown.
P-2H, 147956. 1000 pixels (New August 31, 2005) Photographed at Reykjavik Airport on 25. August 1963 by  Baldur Sveinsson New scan Ausgust 31, 2005	P-2H, 147956. 1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at Reykjavik Airport on 25. August 1963 Photographer unknown..	P-2H, 147956. 1000 pixels (New October 10. 2004) Photographed at England. Date and photographer unknown. Courtesy MAP
SP-2H, 147964. 1000 pixels (New October 7, 2004) Photographed in September 1963. Courtesy MAP	SP-2H, 147964. Photographed at Roosevelt Roads in 1968 by Richard Olson. Identified as 147964 vs. of 147954 July 6, 2006	SP-2H, 147964. 1000 pixels Photographed at Mildenhall in August 1968 by Jack M. Friell.. January 25, 2010
SP-2H, 148359. Decommisioning photo. USN photograph courtesy Clay Wickstrom
SP-2H, 148361. USN photograph. Date and location unknown.
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Known Neptunes of VP-18 as of April 7, 2002