VP-44
NAME: Golden Pelicans
TAIL CODES: LM
Established:
Disestablished: 31 January 1991
First published: 28. June 1999.
Last updated January 25, 2007.
Changed format: March 22, 2002
Photo of 131518 added 26. June 2000.
Photo of 131439 added 18. January 2001.
Photos of 128366, 131453, 131484 and LM-3  added February 28, 2004
Photo of 131453 added March 13, 2006
New photo of 128394 and photos of 131518 updated January 25, 2007.

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Neptunes of VP-44 as known on November 23, 2001

P2V-5F, LM-3, 
LM3_ClintBrown4_256.jpg
Date, location and photographer unknown.
Information on BuNo required.
Courtesy: Clint Brown and the
VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
   
P2V-5F, 128366,
128366_LM2_PelicanTwo_256.jpg
I am not too sure of the authenticity of this photo. The outlines suggest it was pasted onto a background, but I hope that the LM and VP-44 are authentic.
Courtesy VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
   
P2V-5F, 128394
128394_lm10_256.jpg
Part of a badly reproduced photo of a formation of 128394 and 131439. Included for completeness.
New February 29,. 2004
P2V-5F, 128394
128394_LM10_23_256.jpg
1000 pixels
Probably photographed by Stephen Miller at NAS Patuxent River on August 4, 1962.
New January 25, 2007
 
P2V-5F, 131417,
131417-lm3-256.jpg
Date, location and photographer unknown.Courtesy MAP.
   
P2V-5F, 131439,
131439-lm3_adj_256.jpg
USN photograph probably by Tom Mcmanus in 1961.
Tried to clean it up a bit
Adjusted February 28,. 2004
P2V-5F, (very likely) 131439 ,
LM3_ClintBrown4_256.jpg
Date, location and photographer unknown.
Information on BuNo required.
Courtesy: Clint Brown and the
VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
 
P2V-5F, 131453
131453_P2V-5F_LM4_1962-08-04_256.jpg
1000 pixels
Photographed by Stephen Miller at NAS Patuxent River on August 4, 1962.
New March 13, 2006
LM4_Ralph_a_256.jpg
Photographed by Ralph Cook at Ben Guerir AFB Marocco in 1961
Courtesy: Ralph Cook and the
VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
P2V-5F, 131453,
131453_LM5_Venice1961_256.jpg
1000 pixels (New February 28,. 2004)
Photographed in Venice in 1961
by Tom Mcmanus.
Courtesy: Ralph Cook and the
VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
P2V-5F, 131453,
131453_LM5_RalphLM-5a_256.jpg
1000 pixels (New February 28,. 2004)
Date, location and photographer unknown.
Courtesy: Ralph Cook and the
VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
P2V-5F, 131484,
131484_LM8_formationa_256.jpg
Photographer: Bob Minnerly.
Date probaly 1961, but  location unknown.
Courtesy: Ralph Cook and the
VP-44 2003 reunion site.

New February 28,. 2004
   
P2V-5F, 131518,
131518_LM4_256.JPG
1000 pixels (New January 25, 2007)
Photographed off Sigonella, Sicily on 13 November 1961 by Tom Mcmanus
Updated January 25, 2007
   
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Neptunes of VP-44 as known on November 23, 2001