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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-22 / P-38 Lightning
    Latest Model:P-38L-5-LO Lightning
    Last Military Serial:44-26995 USAAF
    Construction Number:422-7999
    Last Civil Registration:N67864
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-38L-5-LO sn 44-26995 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-26995.

    By 30 August 1947

    To unknown owner with c/r N67864.

    From 30 August 1947 to 1 September 1947

    Raced as #34, named Batty Betty II.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Jack Hardwick. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 6th place with an average speed of 312.655 mph.

    From 4 September 1948 to 6 September 1948

    Raced as #34, named Batty Betty II.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Jack Hardwick. Qualified in 2nd place with an average speed of 350.862 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 6th place with an average speed of 312.655 mph.

    Circa 4 September 1948


    Photographer: Collect-Air Photos
    Notes: Photographed at the National Air Races in Cleveland, OH.

    1949


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    1949


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    1949


    Photographer: Harold G. Martin
    Notes: Jack Hardwick rounding a pylon at Cleveland in 1949 in his F5G Batty Betty II Harold G. Martin photo.


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    From 3 September 1949 to 5 September 1949

    Raced as #34, named Batty Betty III.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Tinnerman Trophy race. The pilots were Jack Hardwick, James P Hagerstrom and. Qualified in 9th place with an average speed of 346.219 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 328.470 mph.

    Circa 3 September 1949


    Photographer: Collect-Air Photos
    Notes: Photographed at the National Air Races in Cleveland, OH.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     P-Screamers, The History for the Surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings (c) 1994 Pictorial Histories Pub by A. Kevin Grantham
    Racing Planes and Air Races A Complete History, Series 1, Volume 4, 1946-Present by Reed Kinert
    Internet Sources
     Society of Air Racing Historians
    Individual Contributors
     Malcolm Gougan Collection
    Mike Henniger
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