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P-38 LIGHTNING/42-13400

Lockheed P-38 Lightning 42-13400
Serial #: 42-13400
Construction #: 222-7834
Civil Registration:
  N55929
  Model: P-38G-10-LO Lightning
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2007

History:
Delivered to USAAF as 42-13400, 19??.
- Crashed on Attu Island, AK, January 1, 1945.
- Abandoned in place.
US Historic Aircraft Preservation Museum, Anchorage, AK, August 9, 1984-1988.
- Purchased in-situ from USAF.
American Vets Memorial Museum, Denver, CO, 1988-1999.
- Not recovered.
- Registration N55929 reserved, not taken up.
USAFM/McCloud Memorial Foundation, Elmendorf AFB, AK, 1999-2007.
- Recovered by helicopter on June 3, 1999.
- Transported to Elmendorf AFB by C-130.
- Restored for static display, completed May 2000.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Photo Source(s):
J. Passmore

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