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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-22 / P-38 Lightning
    Latest Model:P-38F-5-LO Lightning
    Last Military Serial:42-12652 USAAF
    Construction Number:222-7086
    Last Civil Registration:N12652
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-38F-5-LO sn 42-12652 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:White 33 Llc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-38F-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-12652.

    1944

    Involved in an incident.
    Suffered nose wheel collapse at Finschafen Airfield.

    6 June 1944

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.

    Circa 1946

    After being written off, this aircraft was stripped for usable parts and abandoned. At the end of the war, the wreckage was buried into a pit at Finschafen Airfield.

    1999

    Recovered.
    Restoration project from Papua New Guinea salvage. Initially recovered to Melbourne, Australia.

    Circa 2003

    Moved to Westpac Restorations, Colorado Springs USA.

    10 November 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX12652 (P38F-5, 42-12652) issued.

    10 November 2015

    To Westpac Restorations Inc, Colorado Springs, CO with new c/r N12652.

    Based at Westpac Restorations, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO.
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    2016


    Photographer: Rian Remoc

    Markings Applied: 33 White

    14 July 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX12652 (P38F-5, 42-12652) issued.

    6 December 2016

    To White 33 Llc, Bellevue, WA keeping c/r N12652.

    Circa 3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.

    Circa 3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.

    14 November 2022

    To White 33 Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N12652.
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