VP-19
NAME: Big Red
TAIL CODES: CH ('53 to mid '57) /PE (from mid '57)
Established: 4. February 1953
Disestablished: Active 
Latest update: April 19, 2008
Changed format February 17, 2002.
Photo of CH-1 added 30. January 2000.
All 135xx series histories updated 19. April 2000.
Photo of 143172 and patch added 27. June 2000.
Three new photos of 135584 added 4. August 2000.
Photos of 142545, 145902, 145923 and 147948 added 26. March 2001.
Photo of 145903 added Sept. 18, 2001.
Photos of 135590 and CH-12 added 17. February 2002.
Photo of 145901 added October 19, 2002.
Photo of CH-5 added February 11, 2003.
Photos of CH-2,  CH-3, CH-5, and CH-7 added October 13, 2003.
Additional photos from Tom Bryant added October 17, 2003.
1000 pixel photos of 135590 formation with CH12 and 145923 added January 28, 2004.
Photo of 147948 added November 01, 2004.
Photo of 145923 added January 30, 2008.
1000 pixel photos of 135584 added April 19, 2008.

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Known Neptunes of VP-19 as of February 13, 2002.

P2V-3s, Photographed on a mining practice near Truk in 1953. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 17, 2003	P2V-3, CH-3 Photographed close to Guam on April 18, 1953. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 17, 2003
P2V-3, CH-7 Photographed close to Hawai on March 10, 1953. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 13, 2003	P2V-3, CH-3 Photographed close to Hawai in 1953. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 13, 2003	P2V-3, CH-3 Photographed close to Hawai in on March 3, 1953. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 17, 2003
P2V-5, CH-2 Photographed in March, 1954. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 13, 2003	P2V-5, CH-5 Photographed in January, 1954. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 13, 2003	P2V-5s, CH-5 & CH-6 Photographed in February, 1954. Courtesy Ted Bryant New October 17, 2003
P2V-5, CH-1 Photographed at Atsuki on July 9, 1954. Courtesy Jim Sullivan via Wayne Mutza. Any help with BuNo is appreciated.	P2V-7, CH-1 From nov. 1955-april 1956 VP-19 cruisebook, Courtesy Frank Macias. Any help with BuNo is appreciated	P2V-7, CH-8 From nov. 1955-april 1956 VP-19 cruisebook, Courtesy Frank Macias. Any help with BuNo is appreciated.
P2V-7, CH-5 From nov. 1955-april 1956 VP-19 cruisebook, Courtesy Frank Macias. Any help with BuNo is appreciated.	P2V-7, CH-5 From nov. 1955-april 1956 VP-19 cruisebook, Courtesy Frank Macias. Any help with BuNo is appreciated.	P2V-7, CH-5 Sitting forlornly at the end of a runway with burst main tyres. Probably same aircraft as in the photos to the left. Courtesy Wayne Mutza. New February 11, 2003
P2V-7, CH-12, From nov. 1955-april 1956 VP-19 cruisebook, Courtesy Frank Macias. Unusual configuration of clear nose with a tail turret. Any help with BuNo is appreciated	P2V-7, CH-12, USN photo taken over San Fransisco in formation with 135590, CH-10. Date unknown but probably before the 1955 deployment to Iwakuni in November. Courtesy Mahlon K. Miller. Any help with BuNo is appreciated
P2V-5, 128363, Photographed on 18. October 1953 bye William T. Larkins. Courtesy Jeffery Cultice.
P2V-7, 135574, From the nov. 1955-april 1956, VP-19 cruisebook. Courtesy Frank Macias.
P2V-7, 135576, Photographed at Ladd AFB in May 1957 by David Menard
P2V-7, 135584, 1000 pixels(new April 19, 2008) Photographed at Moffett Field on 21 May 1955 by William T. Larkins, courtesy Jeffery Cultice	P2V-7, 135584, Photographed at Moffett field in 1958 (17. July?). Courtesy Jeffery Cultice.	P2V-7, 135584, 1000 pixels(new April 19, 2008) Photographed at Moffett field May 17, 1958 by William T. Larkins. .
P2V-7, 135590, USN photo taken over San Fransisco bay in formation with CH-12. Date unknown, but probably before the 1955 deployment to Iwakuni in November. Courtesy Mahlon K. Miller.	P2V-7, 135590, 1000 pixels(new 28. jan. 2004) USN photo taken over San Fransisco bay. Date unknown, but probably before the 1955 deployment to Iwakuni in November. Courtesy Mahlon K. Miller.	P2V-7, 135590, 1000 pixels(new 28. jan. 2004) USN photo taken over San Fransisco bay. Date unknown, but probably before the 1955 deployment to Iwakuni in November. Courtesy Mahlon K. Miller.
P2V-7, 135602, Photographed at NAS Oakland on 20 July 1963. Courtesy Jeffery Cultice.
SP-2H, 142545, USN photo from a 1960s cruisebook.
SP-2H, 143172, part of a USN photograph, taken in 1963. Included for completeness Note fuselage insignia is in an unusally high position. Top of bars is usually flush with the white/gray demarkation line. Similiar to 140435 JA-27 of VX-1 as shown on the VX-1 page..	SP-2H, 143172, USN photo from the Adak, Alaska Cruise Book 1964-1965. Courtesy Bill Shoemaker  Note fuselage insignia is in an unusally high position. Top of bars is usually flush with the white/gray demarkation line. Similiar to 140435 JA-27 of VX-1 as shown on the VX-1 page..
SP-2H, 144682, Photographed at NAS Alameda in September 1962 by Clay Janson.
SP-2H, 145901, USN photograph from 1959 Misawa cruisebook. It is not quite certain that the nearer P-2 is 145901, but very likely. New October 19, 2002
SP-2H, 145902, USN photograph from a 1960s cruisebook. It is not quite certain that this is 145902, but very likely.
SP-2H, 145903, Courtesy John P. Stewart. Date, location and photographer now known.
SP-2H, 145923, USN photograph from a 1960s cruisebook.	SP-2H, 145923, 1000 pixels(new 28. jan. 2004) USN photograph taken on December 7, 1960 by CP3 Tilley. Courtesy Richard L. Ward.	SP-2H, 145923, 1000 pixels USN photograph probably also taken on December 7, 1960 by CP3 Tilley. Probably over NAS Alameda. New 30 January 2008
SP-2H, 147948, USN photograph from a 1960s cruisebook.	SP-2H, 147948, 1000 pixels Photographed at NAS Miramar,  California on May 10, 1964. Courtesy Norman E. Taylor. Archives. There is a discrepancy with the date of the photo, because this P-2 was with VP-28 during the stated time of photography, see its history. New November 01, 2004
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Known Neptunes of VP-19 as of February 13, 2002.