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Serial #: 41-2048 Construction #: 5266 Civil Registration: NX91300 N91300 |
Model(s): P-38E Lightning RP-38E Lightning Name: None Status: Crashed Last info: 1962 |
Built for USAAF as 41-2048, 19??.
- Retained by Lockheed Aircraft Co, Burbank, CA, 1943-1946.
- Modified into RP-38E Test aircraft.
-- Lengthened pilot gondola section and all controls moved 3 feet forward into new cockpit
section, original cockpit becoming an observer's position.
Delivered To RFC, March 19, 1946.
Lockheed Aircraft Co, Burbank, CA, March 1946-1954.
- Registered as NX91300.
- Used as test aircraft for Lockheed XF-90 program.
Hycon Aerial Surveys, Ontario, CA, August 1954-1962.
- Registered as N91300.
- Converted for survey work, Ontario, CA, 1954.
-- Fitted with P-38L Engines and components, extended survey nose and a magnetometer.
- Operated survey flights in South America.
- Withdrawn from use, stores, Las Vegas, NV, 1959-1962.
Don M. May, Phoenix, AZ, June 25, 1962.
Kucera & Associates, Cleveland, OH, October 1962.
- Crashed on takeoff for delivery flight, Phoenix, AZ, October 24, 1962.
-- Pilot Don May fatally injured.
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): None Research Assistance: - |
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