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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-27205
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27205
Serial #: 44-27205
Construction #: 422-8209
Civil Registration:
  NC57210
  NX34992
  N34992
  CF-JJA
  LV-HIX
Model(s):
  P-38L-5-LO Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1964
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-27205.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Transfered to RFC at Kingman, AZ, December 18, 1945.
Albert F. Van Ness, CA, Janiary 31, 1946-1947.
- Registered as NC57210
- Purchased fo $1,250.
- Registered as NX34992, February 26 1946
Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Burbank, CA, March 10, 1947-1956
- Registered as N34992
- Modified nose with survey camera mods, March 1949.
- Vertical camera mapping from 34,000 ft.
- 38 inch extended survey nose installed, October 1951.
- Test flown at Burbank, October 29, 1951.
- Further survey nose mods, July 1955.
- Test flown, July 19, 1955.
- Sold to Canada, struck-off USCR, July 20, 1956.
Survey Aircraft Ltd/Aero Surveys Ltd/Kenting Aviation, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 11, 1956-1961
- Registered as CF-JJA.
- Purchased for $34,000.
- Delivered from Burbank, CA to Vancouver, July 1956.
- Operated by Aero Surveys Ltd in orange scheme with extended survey nose.
Kenting Aviation Ltd/Kenting Aerial Survey, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 26, 1961
Sold to Argentina: struck-off civil registry, November 30, 1961.
Servicios Aereos Albarenque, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1961-1964
- Registered as LV-PPY for ferry flight.
- Ferry flight departed Toronto, November 10, 1961.
-- Flown by Kenting pilot.
- Ferry flight arrived at Buenos Aires, November 24, 1961.
- Registered as LV-HIX, February 13, 1962.
Spartan Air Services SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20, 1964
- Crashed during forced landing after takeoff, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina, December 30, 1964
- Damaged beyond repair, broken up for scrap.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27205
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-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives
Caz Caswell

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