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P-38 LIGHTNING/42-12652

Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Serial #: 42-12652
Construction #: 7086
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model: P-38E-2-LO Lightning
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2002

History:
Delivered to USAAF as 42-12652, 19??.
- Forced landing, Saidor, PNG, 1944.
2 stripped P-38 hulks recovered to Australa from PNG, circa 1998.
Bruno Carnovale, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998-2002.
- Both airframes stored.
- Trucked to Port Melbourne, February 7, 2002.
Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue, WA, 2002.
- Both airframes shipped to USA for restoration, February 2002.
- One airframe will be returned to Australia when finished

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Photo Source(s):
None

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