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Constructed as a P-38L-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA. |
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21 July 1945 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-53232. |
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July 1945 |
Converted to a F-5G-6-LO. |
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August 1945 |
Transferred to San Antonio Air Depot, TX. |
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September 1945 |
Transferred to Kelly AAF Base, TX. |
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16 February 1946 |
Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp, Kingman, AZ. |
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1946 |
To John Yandell with new c/r N66678. |
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From 30 August 1946 to 2 September 1946 |
Raced as #11, named City Slicker / Country Boy. |
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1947 |
To James L. Bledsoe, Miami, FL keeping c/r N66678. |
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1947 |
Raced as #11, named City Slicker. |
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From March 1949 to 1960 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Hondurena with s/n FAH505. |
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31 March 1960 |
To Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA with new c/r N66678. |
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From 1960 to 1961 |
To Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA with new c/r N9003R. |
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1960 |
Ferry flight. |
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From 1960 to 1961 |
Withdrawn from use. |
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1961 |
To Virgil Kaufmann Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. |
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1961 |
Virgil Kaufmann was President of Aero Service Corp and wanted to donate a P-38 to the USAFM. He exchanged modified long-nosed survey aircraft N90813 for Bob BeanaCOs plane and both donated the aircraft to the USAFM. |
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27 May 1961 |
Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH. |
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Markings Applied: 267855/KI-W |
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1963 |
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June 1969 |
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17 October 1970 |
Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. |
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16 July 1996 |
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16 July 1996 |
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4 December 2006 |
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6 May 2008 |
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 U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden Internet Sources JEWL Scholar National Museum of the United States Air Force United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall Individual Contributors Glenn Chatfield Mike Henniger |
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