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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-27053
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Serial #: 44-27053
Construction #: 8057
Civil Registration:
  NX65485
  NX345
  N345
  N345DN
  N577JB
   Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: Relampago
Status: Display
Last info: 2007
Note: also reported as 8091, s/n 44-27087
History:
Russell C. Reeves, Tulsa, OK., Apr. 1946-1950.
- Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ.
- Registered as NX65485.
Tennessee Valley Authority, TN, Nov. 1950-1953.
- Registered as N65485.
- Used in survey operations.
Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia, PA, July 1953-1957.
- Operated by World Wide Surveys Inc, 1954-1955.
-- Flew as fleet #2.
James M. Cook, Jacksboro, TX., Jan. 1957-1969.
- Registered as N345.
- Used for weather research.
Gary R. Levitz/Confederate Air Force, Dallas, TX., June 1969-1983.
- Flown as race #55, #38/"Double Trouble Too".
- Damaged on landing when undercarraige collapsed , Sept. 1983.
Invader Aviation, Wilmington, DE, Nov. 1983-1984.
- Registered as N345DN.
John MacGuire, El Paso, TX., Apr. 1987-1994.
- Registered as N577JB.
War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM, 1994-2007.
- Displayed in glossy black as N345/Relampago.
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.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
 Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group
Roger Besecker via Mike Szuberski
Research Assistance:
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