P-38 LIGHTNING/42-103988

Serial #: 42-103988
Construction #: 2822
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #: 2822
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
P-38J-15-LO Lightning
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
P-38J-15-LO Lightning
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-103988.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Marked as Jandina III.
- Forced landing Yamai, Saidor New Guinea, May 7, 1944.
- Stripped hulk abandoned on fuel drums Biliau, Morobe Province, New Guinea 1945-1999.
Bruno Carnovale & Ian Whitney/75 Squadron, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1999-2002.
- Shipped to Melbourne via Lae, PNG, December 1999.
-- Shipped along with remains of P-38/42-12652 & 3 P-47 hulks.
- Airframes stored Woodend, Victoria, Australia.
Jeff Thomas, Arlington, WA, 2002.
- Trucked from Woodend to Port Melbourne for shipping to USA, February 7, 2002.
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Bellevue, WA, 2002-2022.
- Shipped to USA for airworthy restoration at Rialto CA, February 2002.
- Restoration continued at Ezell Aviation, Breckenbridge, TX, 2022.
- First flight, June 2025.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-103988.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Marked as Jandina III.
- Forced landing Yamai, Saidor New Guinea, May 7, 1944.
- Stripped hulk abandoned on fuel drums Biliau, Morobe Province, New Guinea 1945-1999.
Bruno Carnovale & Ian Whitney/75 Squadron, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1999-2002.
- Shipped to Melbourne via Lae, PNG, December 1999.
-- Shipped along with remains of P-38/42-12652 & 3 P-47 hulks.
- Airframes stored Woodend, Victoria, Australia.
Jeff Thomas, Arlington, WA, 2002.
- Trucked from Woodend to Port Melbourne for shipping to USA, February 7, 2002.
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Bellevue, WA, 2002-2022.
- Shipped to USA for airworthy restoration at Rialto CA, February 2002.
- Restoration continued at Ezell Aviation, Breckenbridge, TX, 2022.
- First flight, June 2025.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
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