FRANCE - AÉRONAUTIQUE NAVALE

Following up on the P2V-6, the Aéronavale took delivery of an additional 32 P2V-7s beginning in 1958.  The P2V-7s were operated by Flottilles 23F, 24F, 25F, Escadrilles de Servitude 9S and 12s. The Neptune would continue to serve until the 1980s when Escadrille 12S finally relinquished its last SP-2H during the summer of 1984.  

Aircraft 147569 was delivered to 23F in 1958.  This aircraft would later be fitted with a solid nose housing test equipment and carried the name "Goldorak" into the early 80's.