Repaint of the Milton Shupe FSX Native PV-2 Harpoon. This repaint represents an aircraft (15-1355) of VPB-130 NAS Whidbey Island, August 1945. VPB-130 spent most of 1943 and the first part of 1944 patrolling the Caribbean and South Atlantic with PV-1 Venturas. In April 1944 they rotated back to the US and after several moves arrived at Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Is in August 1945, where they began transitioning into PV-2 Harpoons. In March 1947 they moved to NAS Miramar where they were the first US Navy line squadron to re-equip with the new P2V-1 Neptune ASW aircraft. Model by Milton Shupe; Repaint and FSX paint kit by Steve Bryant (based on original FS9 paint kit by Nigel Richards with permission).
June 2018
