Bobbo,
I too think of December 7th every year, 1941 was 5 years before my time. Pearl Harbor, and especially the Arizona and Utah are very stark reminders.
I think it might be proper to add some information. That is a great photo of your car with the Lockheed P-3 Orion in the background. However, your history chronology is not correct.
During WW2, the navy used the PBY-5 Catalina. That was an amphibious plane produced between 1936 and 1945.
In 1945, the Lockheed P-2 Neptune was introduced. That Anti-Submarine Warfare plane was used by the U.S. Navy until the 1960s.
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The photo shown is a P-2V7. I was an aircrewman in the P-2V5 and the P-2V7 during my time in the Navy. It had two 3350 cubic inch reciprocating propeller engines and two Westinghouse J-34 Jet engines. During long flights, it was common to have both recips and one jet on-line. The jets would be alternated between the port and starboard periodically to keep the fuel even between the wing tanks. I recall one aircraft control radio operator saying "Seven Victor 221, state your status". The pilot replied "We have two turning, and one burning". The controller said, "Do you want to declare an emergency?".
The P-3 Orion was used by the Navy beginning in the 1960s. It was adapted from the Electra airliner that had problems with a harmonic vibration causing the engine mounts to disintegrate. The public became afraid of these because of crashes. The navy acquired these aircraft after the problem was identified and fixed. I flew from Moffett Field to Barber's Point in Hawaii in one of these.
