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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39334 |
| MSN: | 126-1034 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 185 km SW off Cape Flattery, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Damaged by errant 20-mm cannon round during gunnery practice 100 miles south west of Cape Flattery. A cannon round ricoched off the water and hit the engine nacelle.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
vpnavy.org
vp4.navy.mil
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