This nameplate was used in 1956
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Patrol Squadron 40, 1977
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By Bob Wickley | STARS AND STRIPES September 5, 2016
Airman Mark Fletcher conducts a preflight check on a P3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft before a training mission by a Patrol Squadron 40 crew.