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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-27087
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
Serial #: 44-27087
Construction #: 8091
Civil Registration:
  NX65485
  NX345
  N345
  N345DN
  N577JB
Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: Relampago
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-27087.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Russell C. Reeves, Tulsa, OK, April 8, 1946.
- Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ.
- Registered as NX65485.
Everett L. Moore, Delaware, AR, April 11, 1946-1949.
Viva Mae Moore, Russell, AR, December 5, 1949-1950.
- Registered as N65485.
William E. Howell/H&E Distrubuting Co, Oklahoma City, OK, 20.11.50.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN, November 30, 1950-1953.
- Used in survey operations for the Wilson Dam project in Alabama.
Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia, PA, July 17, 1953-1957.
- Operated by World Wide Surveys Inc, October 20, 1955.
-- Flew in orange & blue scheme as fleet #2.
James M. Cook, Jacksboro, TX, June 21, 1957-1969.
- Registered as N345.
- Used for weather research.
Gary R. Levitz/Confederate Air Force, Dallas, TX, June 1969-1983.
- Flown as race #55, later as #38/"Double Trouble".
- Damaged on landing when undercarraige collapsed, September 1983.
Invader Aviation, Wilmington, DE, November 21, 1983-1984.
- Registered as N345DN.
John MacGuire, MacGuire Ranch, El Paso, TX, August 3, 1984.
MacGuire Charitable Foundation, Santa Teresa, NM, March 11, 1987.
- Registered as N577JB.
John MacGuire/War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM, 1990-2025.
- Rngines last ran in June 1998, the inhibited.
- Displayed in glossy black as N345/Relampago.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27087
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner
Roger Besecker via Mike Szuberski

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