Hobby Master 1/200 Airliner Series HL9019 WV-2 (EC-121P) BuNo. 141325, VW-13, 1960.
VW-13 (Airborne Early Warning Squadron
13) was commissioned September 1, 1955 at NAS Patuxent
River, Maryland but decommissioned in 1957 and on June 3 1958 VW-13 was re-commissioned.
Though home base was NAS Paxtuxent River VW-13 was deployed to Argentia, Newfoundland flying the
Atlantic Barrier along with VW-11 and VW-15. The Atlantic Barrier provided radar coverage to
detect non authorized flights from entering North American airspace.
On June 30, 1961 VW-13 was
permanently deployed to Argentia. In August 1961 VW-13 deployed to Iceland and
eventually did ship surveillance until decommissioning on July 30, 1965.
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