Last updated 1 July 2021 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Considerable confusion exists over civilian P-38 identities. When purchased from military disposals immediately after WWII, the USAAF serial number and Lockheed c/n were quoted on the Bill of Sale. Subsequent research reveals that those sold from Kingman AZ often quoted a mis-matched c/n, probably based a listing that differs from the official company Lockheed number/USAAF serial tie-ups. This dubious c/n was then given to CAA as part of the registration paperwork, and accompanied the aircraft for its civil life. 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 "5 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. 13.3.07/20 (flight to England for airshow appearances abandoned at Goose Bay LAB 28.6.07 due engine trouble, flies as USAAC "17630 Glacier Girl") ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5604 • P-38F 41-7677 forced landing in water off beach, Harlech, Wales 27.9.42 (abandoned, covered by sand, exposed 07 by moving sand in shallow water: structure mostly intact) legislated as a protected site by Welsh Government 20 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7081 • P-38F 42-12647 forced landing in swap near Port Moresby, New Guinea 1.44 “Dottie from Brooklyn/34" National Museum, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea11.78/15 (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 Port Moresby) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7083 P-38F 42-12649 forced landing in sea off Cape Vogel, near Milne Bay, New Guinea 12.42 located in complete condition on sea floor 04 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7086 • P-38F 42-12652 “33”: gear collapsed landing Finshaffen, New Guinea 6.6.44 (wreck buried Finshaffen: excavated 12.99) Bruno Carnovale & Ian Whitney/ 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) Jeff Thomas, Arlington WA .01 (trucked from Woodend to Port Melbourne 7.2.02 for shipping to USA) Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue WA .02/05 (both P-38s shipped to USA 2.02 for rest. at Rialto CA) National Museum of World War Two Aviation, Colorado Springs-Municiple CO 09/15 (rest. continued at Colorado Springs CO 14 “White 33”) N12652 Westpac Restorations Inc, Colorado Springs CO15.10.15/16 Jim Slattery/ White 33 LLC, Bellevue WA 6.12.16/21 (ff .16 Colorado Springs as USAAC “White 33”) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3290 P-38F 43-2181 NX5101N J. D. Reed, Houston TX .47 (ex War Assets Admin., Walnut Ridge AR 6.47) Glenn H. McCarthy/ McAcrthy Oil & Gas Corp, Houston TX 21.7.47 (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; USCR quotes id.”1913060”) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7281 • P-38G 42-12847 Robert Greinert, Sydney NSW 02/14 (“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) (trucked Bankstown to Wangaratta VIC 22.4.05, hulk stored Wangaratta, later at Albion Park NSW) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 .01/14 (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 .99/20 (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, New Guinea 18.1.44 (outer wings and tailplane recov. by Bob Jarrett 6.04, components lifted out by helicopter: Bob Jarrett/ Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Adelaide-Parafield Airport SA arr. crated at Parafield, parts used in rest. of 44-66841 at Parafield: see next aircraft) remainder advertised for sale as rest. project N66534 Jeff Thomas/ Artemis Aviation Group LLC, Wilmington DE 17.11.08/21 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1352 • P-38H 42-66841 crash landing Brahmin, near Madang, New Guinea 14.9.43 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 4.97/14 (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”) David Arnold/ Flying A Services, Bentwaters UK .14/15 (shipped to UK, moved by road ex port to Bentwaters, Suffolk 24.9.14: planned rest. to fly) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1417 P-38H 42-66905 forced landing swamp near Dobodura, New Guinea 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 05/14 (tail booms recov., shipped to Sydney) (tail booms and parts collection, stored Wangaratta, later at HARS Albion Park NSW) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 N49721 John D. Shapiro, Baltimore MD 31.3.50/55 Aircraft Salvage Corp, Baltimore MD .50 struck-off USCR 28.11.55 ________________________________________________________________________________________