A Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Neptune P2V-7B maritime reconnaissance aircraft in flight, seen from on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) off the Shetlands

A distant port side view of a Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Neptune P2V-7B maritime reconnaissance aircraft in flight off the Shetland Isles, seen from on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) which was patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea. The aircraft is from 320 Squadron, has the letter V on the tail fin and her code number seems to be 215 or 216.

Object Details

ID: PM8065/14A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Orkney (1976)
Date made: July 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm