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Airframe Family:	Lockheed L-22 / P-38 Lightning
Latest Model:	F-5G Lightning
Last Military Serial:	44-53242 USAAF
Construction Number:	422-8497
Last Civil Registration:	N57496
Compressed ID:	Lockheed F-5G sn 44-53242 USAAF cn...
Latest Owner or Location:	Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum / Tom Reilly, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, Kissimmee, Florida

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a F-5G.
Circa 1944		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-53242.
Circa 1944		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-53242.
By 30 August 1947		To unknown owner with c/r N57496.
		To Weather Modification Co, Redlands, CA with new c/r N57496.
From 30 August 1947 to 1 September 1947		Raced as #47. Appeared at the National Air Races Cleveland to compete in the SOHIO class, but did not qualify. The primary pilot was Matthews.
14 January 1977		Civil registration, N57496, cancelled.
March 1995		Photographer: Mike Henniger Notes: Photographed at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida.
March 1997		Photographer: Tom Roberts Notes: Photographed at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum, in Kissimmee, Florida.
		To Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum/Tom Reilly, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, Kissimmee, FL. View the Location Dossier
21 February 2013		Civil registration, N57496, cancelled.

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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
Unlimited Air Racers (1992 Motorbooks International) by Don Berliner

Internet Sources
Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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