#Convair P4Y Privateer
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"A radio controlled and unmanned Convair P4Y-2K Privateer taking off from the Chincoteague Naval Air Station at Wallops Island, Virginia. The airplane was sent over the Atlantic Ocean where it was used as a target for the RIM-2 Terrier missiles of USS MISSISSIPPI (AG-128)."
Date: March 23, 1955
Norfolk Public Library: smc_mss0000187_x000085_011
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A radio controlled and unmanned Convair P4Y Privateer taking off from the Chincoteague Naval Air Station at Wallops Island, Virginia on March 23, 1955. The airplane was sent over the Atlantic Ocean where it was used as a target for the RIM-2 Terrier missiles of USS Mississippi (AG-128).
NPL: smc_mss0000187_x000085_011
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