VP-26
NAME: Tridents
TAIL CODES: EB (Sept '48 to mid '57) /LK (from mid '57)
Established: 1. September 1948
Disestablished: Active
Last updated April 23, 2012.
Changed format: April 8, 2002

Photo of 131455 added 4. January 2000.
Photo of LK-2 added 8. January 2000.
Photo of LK-8 added 3. February 2000.
Photo of 124258 added 26. june 2000.
Photos of 131435 and 131488 added 29. January 2001.
Photo of 131524 added Oct. 28, 2001.
Photo of 124258 added November 12, 2001..
Photo of 131536 added November 13, 2001.
Photo of 128400 added November 15, 2001.
Two photos of 131516 added January 21, 2003.
Photo of 128400 identified February 1, 2003.
Photo of 131525 added September 17, 2003.
Photo of 131470 added October 5, 2004.
Photos of 131524, 131528, 131530, 131531 and 131536 added January 18, 2006
1000 pixel photo of 128407 added February 10, 2010
New color photo of 131418 added March 9, 2010
photo of 131530 added March 22, 2010
New photos of 124238, 131524, 131526 and  131529 added April 19, 2010.
Photo of 131535 added January 19, 2011
Photos of 131523 and 131532 added February 28, 2011
1000 pixel photos of 128369, 131468 and 131470 added March 17, 2011
Photo of 131455 added April 23, 2012

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with the history of that BuNo as known to me.
Known Neptunes of VP-26 as of April 7, 2002

vp26-256.JPG (27412 bytes)

P2V-4, EB-3
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Date, location, photographer and BuNo unknown. Any assistance gratefully received
Identified as 124238 see below..
   
P2V-5F, LK-2
lk-2-256.jpg
Taken in Lajes in 1959 by Gene Balog. BuNo unknown. Any assistance gratefully received.
   
P2V-4, 124238
eb3-256.jpg
Now known to be 124238.
 
P2V-4, 124238
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1000 pixels
Taken October 17, 1953. Photographer and location unknown.
New  April 19, 2010
 
P2V-4, 124258
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Photographed at Cleveland Ohio in September 1951. Via L.S. Smalley.
P2V-4, 124258
124258-eb1-a-256.JPG
Photographed at Cleveland Ohio in September 1951. Via L.S. Smalley.
 
P2V-5F, 128349,
128349-lk4-256.jpg (8276 bytes)
Photographed in England in 1960. Courtesy MAP.
   
2V-5F,  128369,
128369-lk6-256.jpg (7204 bytes)
1000 pixels
(New March 17, 2011)
Photographed by Robin A. Walker at Blackbushe, England on August 22, 1959 and used with his permission.
Courtesy
AB-PIC
   
P2V-5F, 128400,
128400-lk8_256.jpg
Date, location and photographer unknown. Courtesy MAP.
P2V-5F, 128400 LK-8
128___-lk8-256.JPG
128???, Photographed at an airshow at Reykjavik Airport on 13. June 1961. Any assistance with BuNo gratefully received.

I saw your site on the internet. You asked for the Bureau number of LK-8. I believe it was 128400, a picture of which is several blocks below that picture. I was copilot on LK8 at that time. I don't think I flew in that airshow. We (the regular crew) flew it to Norway the next day. Paul Hurwitz
Updated February 1, 2003
 
P2V-5F, 128407,
128407-lk9-256.jpg (6841 bytes) 1000 pixels (New February 10, 2010)
Photographed by Robin A. Walker at Blackbushe, England on April 4, 1960 and used with his permission.
Courtesy AB-PIC
   
P2V-5F, 131418,
131418_LK1_Milano_640804_VincentGibb_33_256.jpg (10507 bytes)
1000 pixels
Photographed at Milano on August 4, 1964 by Vincent Gibb. Courtesy Jack Friell.

New color photo March 9, 2010
   
P2V-5F, 131424,
131424-lk10-256.jpg
Photographed at NAS Keflavik. USN photo. Date unkn.
   
P2V-5F, 131427,
131427-lk12-256.jpg
Photographed at NAS Brunswick in July 1963. Courtesy John E. Owings
   
P2V-5F, 131435,
131435-lk7-256.JPG
USN photo from VP-26 history.
Update: Taken with Mount Etna in the background during the April-September 1964 deployment to Sigonella. Information courtesy Tom Gaff.
   
P2V-5F, 131455,
131455_lk3_256.jpg
1000 pixels
(New April 23, 2012)
Photographed at NAS Keflavik, Iceland in 1959 by Gene Balog. Note missing tailcone, because of lightning strike near Denmark.
 New replaced photos April 23, 2012
   
P2V-5F, 131468,
131468a-lk6-256.jpg (7612 bytes)
Location, date and photographer unknows. Courtesy Jeffery Cultice.
SP-2E, 131468,
131468-lk6-256.JPG (13062 bytes)
 
1000 pixels  (New March 17, 2011)
Photographed over Miami, Florida in June 1965. Courtesy Andrew Monks
 
SP-2E, 131470,
131470-lk11-256.jpg
 
1000 pixels  (New March 17, 2011)
USN photograph. Date, probably 1965. Location unknown. Courtesy Wayne Mutza
SP-2E, 131470,
131470_LK11_256.jpg
 
1000 pixels
Photographed at NAS Brunswick in the spring of 1965 by David Wilding.
New October 5, 2004
 
P2V-5F, 131487,
131487-lk7-256.jpg (7224 bytes)
Photographed Prestwick, Scotland in July 1961 by Wilfred White
SP-2E, 131487,
131487-lk10-256.jpg (7051 bytes)
Photographed in England in 1963. Courtesy MAP
 
SP-2E, 131488
131488-lk2-256.jpg
Taken in the Brunswick, Main area in 1964. Courtesy Ralph Lindsley. See comment.
SP-2E,  131488
131488-lknn-256.jpg (6451 bytes)
Photographed in the USA on 16. May 1965. Courtesy Candid Aero Files.
 
P2V-5F, 131510,
131510a-lk256.jpg
Photographed off the coast of Iceland in March or April 1958. Courtesy Bruce Shaw
(who was onboard at the time).
P2V-5F,  131510,
131510-lk8256.jpg (7686 bytes)
Photographed in England in 1958. Courtesy MAP.
 
P2V-5F, 131516,
131516_LK12_b_256.jpg
Photographed
during the 1960 Rota deployment. Courtesy Pete Henderson.
New January 21, 2003
P2V-5F,  131516,
131516_LK12_a_256.jpg
Photographed
during the 1960 Rota deployment. Courtesy Pete Henderson.
New January 21, 2003
 
P2V-5F,  131523,
131523_EB9_256.jpg
 
1000 pixels
Date, location and photographer unknown.
New February 28, 2011
   
P2V-5F, 131524,

Photographed at Reykjavík Airport on May 8, 1955 by Einar B Helgason. Courtesy Eggert Norðdahl.


 1000 pixels
Photographed
at NAS Brunswick in 1956-57 by Art Van Buskirk  
New January 18, 2006
P2V-5F, 131524,

 1000 pixels
Photographed on the way to Puerto Rico in 1955 by Jack Vivlamore.
 
New April 19, 2010
P2V-5F, 131524,

 1000 pixels

 1000 pixels
Photographed
on the way to Puerto Rico in 1955 by Jack Vivlamore  
New April 19, 2010
P2V-5F, 131525,
131525-eb5-256.jpg (6119 bytes)
Photographed in Prestwick, Scotland in May 1955 by Wilfred White.
P2V-5F, 131525,
131525_LK9_256.jpg
Photographed at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico in Dec. 1963 by Tom Hutter.
New September 17, 2003
 
P2V-5F,  131526,
131525-eb5-256.jpg (6119 bytes)
Photographed in Thule, Greenland in July 1956 by Theo Elbert. Courtesy Theo Elbert.
P2V-5F,  131526,
131526_EB10_256.jpg (6119 bytes)
Photographed Jack Vivlamore in 1955
 1000 pixels
New April 19, 2010
 
P2V-5F,  131528,
131528_EB2_256.jpg
 
1000 pixels
Photographed
at NAS Brunswick in 1956-57 by Art Van Buskirk  
New January 18, 2006
   
P2V-5F,  131529,
131529_EB8_256.jpg (6119 bytes)
 1000 pixels
Photographed by Jack Vivlamore in 1955
New April 19, 2010
   
P2V-5F,  131530,
131530_EB11_1956_256.jpg (6119 bytes)
Photographed in 1955 by Frank Denue, Courtesy Jack Vivlamore.
New March 22 2010
P2V-5F,  131530,
131530_EB11_256.jpg (6119 bytes)
Photographed
at NAS Brunswick in 1956-57 by Art Van Buskirk  
New January 18, 2006
 
P2V-5F,  131531,
131531-eb4-256.jpg (5775 bytes)
Photographed near NAS Brunswick in the fall of 1955. Note aircraft is flying with feathered propellars and using the jets only. Courtesy Norman Kratfel
P2V-5F,  131531,
131531_EB4_256.jpg (5775 bytes)
Photographed
at NAS Brunswick in 1956-57 by Art Van Buskirk  
New January 18, 2006
 
P2V-5F,  131532,
131532_EB7_a_256.jpg (5775 bytes)
 1000 pixels
Date, location and photographer
unonwn.
New February 28, 2011
P2V-5F,  131532,
131532_EB7_256.jpg (5775 bytes)
 
1000 pixels
Date, location and photographer unknown.
New February 28, 2011
 
P2V-5F, 131535,
131535_LK5_256.jpg (6197 bytes)
 
1000 pixels
Photographed at an airshow at Reykjavik Airport on 13. June 1961 by Eggert Norðdahl.
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New January 18, 2011
P2V-5F, 131535,
131535-lk5-256.jpg (6197 bytes)
Photographed at an airshow at Reykjavik Airport on 13. June 1961 by Grétar Felixson.
 
 
P2V-5F, 131536,

Photographed somewhere in England in 1960. Courtesy MAP.
P2V-5F, 131536,

 
1000 pixels
Photographed at NAS Keflavik, Iceland sometime in the early 60s.
Courtesy Chuck Avery.
  
New January 18, 2006
 
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Known Neptunes of VP-26 as of April 7, 2002