File:HU-16B (ASW) Albatross of VP-31 at NAS North Island in 1960s.jpg

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Description A Grumman HU-16B (ASW) Albatross wearing markings of U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron VP-31 pictured at Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA). This aircraft was assigned to VP-31 for operational trials before delivery to foreign cutomers. It is the former U.S. Air Force SA-16A, s/n 51-0050, which was delivered on 21 April 1952. It was later converted to an HU-16B (ASW). Some sources report this aircraft was deleivered first to Norway before becoming the Peruvian "FAP 521" in 1970.
Date 1960s
date QS:P,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2011.023.104
Author U.S. Navy

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