Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Because P-38s were delivered without a Lockheed manufacturers plate, it can not be easily clarified. 5266 P-38E 41-2048 Lockheed Aircraft Co, Burbank CA 43/46 RP-38E (test aircraft, modified cockpit area) NX91300 Lockheed Aircraft Co, Burbank CA 3.46/54 (test aircraft for Lockheed XF-90 program) N91300 Hycon Aerial Surveys, Ontario CA 8.54/62 (survey conv. at Ontario CA .54: P-38L engines and components, extended survey nose; magnetometer survey ops. in South America) (last FAA inspection 11.57, wfu, open storage Las Vegas NV 59/62) Don M. May, Phoenix AZ 25.6.62 Kucera & Associates, Cleveland OH: not del. 10.62 crashed on takeoff, Phoenix AZ (May k) 24.10.62 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5757 • P-38F 41-7630 forced landing Greenland, on del. to England 15.7.42 (with 5 other P-38s & B-17: all buried by snow) Pat Epps/ Greenland Expedition Society .81/94 (recov. from under 260 feet of ice .90/92) N5757 Roy Shoffner/ Greenland Expedition Society, Atlanta GA 12.1.94/02 (recov. completed 1.8.92, to USA by chopper, ship, barges, ship and truck: rest. to fly began at Middlesboro-Bell County Airport KY 10.92: rest. as USAAC "17630 Glacier Girl", first engine runs Middlesboro 9.01, ff Middlesboro 26.10.02) N17630 Roy Schoffner/ Lost Squadron Museum, Middlesboro KY 7.10.02/06 Tony Raftis/ Provenance Fighter Sales, Murrieta-French Valley Airport CA 10.06/07 Rod Lewis/ Lewis Aeronautical LLC/ Lewis Vintage Collection, San Antonio TX: del. 13.3.07/13 (flight to England for airshow appearances abandoned at Goose Bay LAB 28.6.07 due engine trouble, flies 10 as USAAC "17630 Glacier Girl") ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5604 • P-38F 41-7677 forced landing in water off beach, Wales 27.9.42 (abandoned, covered by sand, exposed 07 by moving sand in shallow water) (planned to be recov. .08 by British museum, structure intact under water) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7081 • P-38F 42-12647 forced landing in swap near Port Moresby PNG 1.44 “Dottie from Brooklyn/34" National Museum, Port Moresby PNG 11.78/08 (recov. ex swamp 14-16.11.78, planned static rest. using parts recov. from PNG crash sites of 42-12857, 42-12847, 42-66868 & 42-60534; open storage unrest. in museum yard, Aniua Street, Port Moresby) (centre-section displ. at museum 05/08, parts removed by Robert Greinert, Sydney for static rest., parts then to be returned to National Museum PNG) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7083 • P-38F 42-12649 forced landing in sea off Cape Vogel, near Milne Bay PNG 12.42 located in complete condition on sea floor 04 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7086 • P-38F 42-12652 “33”: forced landing Saidor PNG .44 (wreck buried Finshaffen: excavated .99) Bruno Carnovale/ 75 Squadron, Melbourne VIC 98/02 (shipped to Melbourne via Lae PNG 12.99, along with P-38 hulk 42-103988 & 3 P-47 hulks) (airframes stored Woodend VIC, trucked to Port Melbourne 7.2.02 for shipping to USA) Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue WA 02/05 (both shipped to USA 2.02 for rest. at Rialto CA, one to be returned to Australia on completion) National Museum of World War Two Aviation, Colorado Springs CO 09/11 (rest. to fly at Colorado Springs CO) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3290 P-38F 43-2181 NX5101N J. D. Reed, Houston TX .47 (ex War Assets Admin., Walnut Ridge AR 6.47) Glenn H. McCarthy, Houston TX .47 (race #88 The Flying Shamrock) in-flight fire, crashed near Winslow AZ, en route Cleveland races: pilot James Rubel baled out 30.8.47 (id also rep as P-38H 44-3337) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7281 • P-38G 42-12847 Robert Greinert, Sydney NSW 02/05 (“37/Dumbo!” derelict hulk recov. ex Solomon Islands, shipped to Australia via Papua New Guinea 7.02) (arr. Sydney-Bankstown NSW 7.02, stored 02/05) Jerry Yagen/ Training Services Inc/ Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach VA 05/08 (trucked Bankstown to Wangaratta VIC 22.4.05, hulk stored Wangaratta pending composite rest. to fly by Precision Aerospace) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7518 P-38F 42-13084 National Museum, Port Moresby PNG 11.78/01 F-5A (recov. ex Waigani Swamp, off end of runway Port Moresby-Jacksons Strip PNG 11.78) derelict hulk: parts for rest. of 42-12647) Robert Greinert, Sydney NSW .01 (parts only, shipped to Australia) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7834 • P-38G 42-13400 forced landing Attu Island, Aleutians, abandoned 1.1.45 N55929 US Historic Aircraft Preservation Museum, Anchorage AK: purchased in-situ from USAF 9.8.84/88 American Vets Memorial Museum, Denver CO 88/00 (not recov., remained at crash site Temnak Bay) USAFM, Elmendorf AFB AK .99/11 (recov. 6.99 by chopper, arr. Elmendorf in C-130 21.6.99, static rest. using outer wings & parts recov. ex wartime aircraft dump on Amchitka Island, rest. completed 5.00, displ. outside as "13400/95") ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1045 • P-38H 42-66534 forced landing, partially burned, in kunai grass, Sepik plains district after attack on Wewak PNG 18.1.44 (outer wings and tailplane recov. by Bob Jarrett 6.04, components lifted out by helicopter: arr. crated at Parafield, later re-crated to USA) (parts used in rest. of 44-66841 at Parafield: see next) N66534 Artemis Aviation Group LLC, Wilmington DE 17.11.08/13 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1352 • P-38H 42-66841 crash landing Brahmin, near Madang PNG 20.9.43 Gary R. Larkins, Auburn CA 92 (intact hulk recov. ex Faita, Ramu Valley PNG .92, airlifted by chopper to Nadzab .92: "841" on tail, white code "53") Jack A. Erickson, Medford OR .92 (impounded by PNG Customs on wharf, Lae 5.92) National Museum, Port Moresby PNG .92/97 (hulk stored unrest. Nadzab .92/97) Bob Jarrett/ Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Adelaide-Parafield Airport SA 4.97/13 (shipped ex Lae to Adelaide 1.5.99 on Island Chief, with P-38 parts recov. ex Finschhafen area; arr. at museum 17.5.99: displ. while under static rest., rolled out complete 2.5.06 as USAAF “153 Scarlet Scourge”) (prev. rep. incorrectly as P-38H 42-66851 & P-38E 42-2039) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1417 P-38H 42-66905 forced landing swamp near Dobodura PNG 4.12.43 "Japanese Sandman II/26": abandoned National Museum, Port Moresby PNG: listed 79/88 (not recov. ex crash site: remains in situ) Robert Greinert, Sydney NSW 05 (tail booms recov., shipped to Sydney) Jerry Yagen/ Training Services Inc/ Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach VA 05/08 (tail booms and parts only, stored Wangaratta for composite rest. project by Precision Aerospace) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2054 P-38J 42-67543 Ragsdale Flying Service, Austin TX 64 F-5C Marvin L.Gardner/ CAF, Mercedes TX .64/87 (derelict hulk recov. ex Austin-Buehler Field TX, stored Mercedes TX .64/87: parts to N38LL) Stephen Grey, Duxford UK .87/92 (stripped hulk trucked Mercedes-Chino CA .87) N3145X Steven J. Hinton/ Fighter Rebuilders, Chino CA 1.92/96 op: The Fighter Collection, Duxford UK 1.92/96 (rest. Chino, ff 11.1.92; shipped to Duxford 3.92, flew as "67543 Happy Jack's Go Buggy", later "67543/KI-S California Cutie") dam. belly landing, Lydd UK (repaired) 6.9.92 (flew for movie 6.94 as "French AF 228223") crashed dest. during airshow, Duxford 14.7.96 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2085 P-38J 42-67574 NX49721 Arthur D. Knapp/ Mechanical Products Inc, F-5C Jackson MI: ex WAA surplus Bush Field GA 12.3.45 James De Santo, Cleveland OH .46/47 (race #51 Connie Special) John Saum (race #64 Jill) .47/48 Aircraft Salvage Corp, Baltimore MD .50 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2149 • P-38J 42-67638 forced landing, Buldir Island, Aleutians AK 2.2.45 USAFM, Hill AFB UT .93/10 (hulk recov. ex crash site .93, trucked to Hill AFB; trucked to San Diego CA for static rest. 94/96, arr. Hill AFB 8.96, displ. as "267638/85") ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2273 • P-38J 42-67762 USAAF Museum Collection,