Lockheed_WV-2_of_VW-15_flies_over_USS_Sellstrom_(DER-255)_off_Newfoundland,_in_March_1957.jpg


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English: A U.S. Navy Lockheed WV-2 Willy Victor (BuNo 141310) of Early Warning Squadron 15 (VW-15) flies over the radar picket destroyer escort USS Sellstrom (DER-255) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, in March 1957.
The WV-2 141310 disappeared on 20 February 1958 300 km north of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. No trace of the aircraft or the crew of 22 was ever found.
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Source U.S. Navy photograph on vpnavy.com
Author Mahlon K. Miller, U.S. Navy photographer

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March 1957