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Serial #: 44-26761 Construction #: 7765 Civil Registration: NL5054N N5054N CF-GKE N6190C N2897S |
Model(s): P-38L Lightning F-5G Lightning Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2007 |
History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-26761, 19??.
Everett L. Moore, Tulsa, OK, October 1947.
- Purchased from War Assets Administration, Altus, OK, for $800.
- Registered as NL5054N.
Clark Smith, Cumberland, PA, February 1948.
- Registered as N5054N.
Luis Struck, Mexico, 1949-1951.
Kenting Aerial Surveys, Toronto, Ontario, 1951.
- Registered as CF-GKE.
Spartan Air Services Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, August 1951-1956.
Hycon Aerial Surveys, Pasadena, CA, May 1956.
- Registered as N6190C.
Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Sacramento, CA, 1958.
- Retired, Dec. 1959.
- Stored, Las Vegas, NV, 1959-1961.
Bruce & Gunn Inc, Fort Worth-Redbird, TX, December 1960-1962.
Kucera & Associates Inc, Cleveland, OH, November 1962-1968.
- Survey contract, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay.
- Damaged after gear collapsed, Ascunsion, Paraguay, January 1, 1965.
Abandoned, Open Storage, Ascunsion, Paraguay, 1965-1972.
Ronald Bryant, Jacksonville, FL, January 1968.
I. N. "Junior" Burchinall, Paris, TX, 1969-1970.
William E. Padden, Los Angeles, CA, 1971-1972.
Robert Diemert, Carman, Manitoba, 1972-1974.
- Recovered from Ascunsion.
Dick Lambert, Plainfield, IL, February 1974-1981.
- Stored dismantled.
Kermit A. Weeks/Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL. 1981-2003.
- Registered as N2897S.
- Damaged by Hurricane Andrew, 1992.
- Stored pending restoration.
Kermit Weeks/Fantasy Of Flight, Polk City, FL, 2003-2007.
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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. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): Tony Andrews. Unknown. Brendon Deere Research Assistance: - |
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