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"Ruff Stuff"
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Serial #: 44-27231 Construction #: 422-8235 Civil Registration: NX79123 N79123 |
Model(s): P-38L Lightning F-5G Lightning Name: Ruff Stuff Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
James L. Harp, Aurora, IL, July 1946.
- Purchased from War Assets Administration, Altus, OK.
- Registered as NX79123.
- Flown as Bendix racer #95.
Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA., 1955-1976.
- Stored Brackett Field, CA & Hardwick's yard.
J.E. Howard, Champaign, IL, Nov. 1946-1948.
- Registered as N79123.
Ray Reinert, Chicago-Palwaukee, IL, 1948-1950.
Carl C. Hughes, San Antonio, TX, 1950-1954.
Joseph P. Jacobson, Stilwell, KS, 1954.
Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA, 1955-1976.
- Stored in yard, El Monte, 1960-1976.
David Tallichet/Yesterdays Air Force/MARC, Chino, CA, 1976-1987.
- Stored, Chino, 1976-1980.
- Under restoration, Tulsa, OK, 1984.
- Rebuild in Tulsa, OK & Chino, CA.
David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp., Chino, CA, Oct. 1987-1999.
- Restoration completed.
- Fitted with fighter nose.
- First flight Nov. 1995.
- Flown as Richard Bong's "Marge".
- Loaned to USAFM, March AFB, CA, 1998-2001.
Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue, WA, June 21, 1999-2002.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 2003
Ronald Fagen, Granite Falls, MN, 2004.
Minnesota Airways LLC, Granite Falls, MN, July 2007.
- Flown as Ruff Stuff.
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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, 2007. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): Unknown. Steve Tournay. Timothy Cox Photography Scott "Gunny" Perdue Peter Geffers Research Assistance: Pat Carry/WIX |
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