File:P-2H Neptune over Soviet ship Oct 1962.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune (BuNo 140986) of patrol squadron VP-18 Flying Phantoms flying over a Soviet freighter.
The freighter is most probably the Okhotsk, which left the port at Nuevita carrying 12 IL-28 airplanes on 5 December 1962 ; see [1], [2], [3].
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Source Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons [4]
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current15:32, 27 February 2021Thumbnail for version as of 15:32, 27 February 20212,048 × 1,480 (500 KB)Kesäperuna (talk | contribs)Even better version, source: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/10/19/world/americas/cuban-missilecrisis--slide-DR2F/cuban-missilecrisis--slide-DR2F-superJumbo.jpg
10:18, 27 September 2012Thumbnail for version as of 10:18, 27 September 2012700 × 506 (205 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)better version from http://www.nysun.com/pics/7155.jpg
15:15, 4 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 15:15, 4 December 2010567 × 421 (125 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)better version found here:http://www.logbookmag.com/gallery.asp?CatID=42&rCSS=large
10:18, 18 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 10:18, 18 July 2009679 × 392 (56 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2H ''Neptune'' of patrol squadron VP-18 flying over a Soviet freighter during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. |Source=Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 2: The History of VP,

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