Serial #: 42-104088
Construction #: 2922
Civil Registration:
  N5260N
  N38LL

Model(s):
 P-38J-15-LO Lightning
Name: Scatterbrain Kid II
Status: Airworthy (2018)
Last info: 2025

History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-104088.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Dale M. Myers, 19??.
- Surplus aircraft dealer.
Interstate Aircraft Corp, Kansas City, MO, 19??.
Clarence Paige/Paige Airmotive, Yukon, OK, 1950-1969.
- Registration N5260N reserved but not taken up.
- Hulk stored.
Gary R. Levitz, Dallas, TX, November 29, 1969-1973.
- Restored to airworthy.
- Crashed during landing, Lafayette, LA, October 19, 1974.
Paul A. Foournet, Abbeville, LA, 1975.
CAF/Commemorative Air Force, Harlingen, TX, 1975-2002.
- Stored dismantled, Yukon, LA, 1975-1977.
- Registered as N38LL, February 18, 1976.
- Airlifted by helicopter from Yukon to England AFB, LA, September 1977.
- Rebuilt to flying condition, San Marcos, TX, 1981-1992.
- First flight February 28, 1992.
- Flew as Scatterbrain Kid II
-- Still fitted with Hycon Survey nose.
- Crashed May 28, 1994.
- NTSB Report
- Rebuild begun, San Marcos, TX, 1995-1998.
- Rebuild continued, Midland, TX.
- Open storage, 2000.
Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, September 2002-2003.
Jim Frye, Minneapolis, MN, 2003.
- Restoration started.
Jack Croul/NPA Holdings LLC, Wilmington, DE, September 30, 2003-2008.
- Restoration completed.
- First flight, 2007.
Paul Allen/Vulcan Warbirds Inc/Flying Heritage Museum, Everett-Paine Field, WA, August 4, 2008-2021.
- Further restoration at Colorado Springs, CO, 2009-2010.
Stuart Walton/Echo Matrix LLC, Bentonville, AR, 2022.
- Registration N38LL reserved, November 2022.
Echo Matrix LLC, Bentonville, AR, June 05, 2023-2025.

Scatterbrain Kid II awaiting rebuild.