Serial #: 44-27231
Construction #:
  422-8235
Civil Registration:
  NX79123
  N79123

Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: Scat III
Status: Airworthy (2021)
Last info: 2025

Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-27231.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
James L. Harp, Aurora, IL, July 1946.
- Purchased from War Assets Administration, Altus, OK.
- Registered as NX79123.
- Flown as Bendix racer #95.
Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA, 1955-1976.
- Stored Brackett Field, CA & Hardwick's yard.
J.E. Howard, Champaign, IL , November 1946-1948.
- Registered as N79123.
Ray Reinert, Chicago-Palwaukee, IL, 1948-1950.
Carl C. Hughes, San Antonio, TX, 1950-1954.
Joseph P. Jacobson, Stilwell, KS, 1954.
Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA, 1955-1976.
- Stored in yard, El Monte, 1960-1976.
David Tallichet/Yesterdays Air Force/MARC, Chino, CA, 1976-1987.
- Stored, Chino, 1976-1980.
- Under restoration, Tulsa, OK, 1984.
- Rebuild in Tulsa, OK & Chino, CA.
David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp., Chino, CA, October 1987-1999.
- Restoration completed.
- Fitted with fighter nose.
- First flight November 1995.
- Flown as Richard Bong's "Marge".
- Loaned to USAFM, March AFB, CA, 1998-2001.
Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue, WA, June 21, 1999-2002.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 2003-2004
Ronald Fagen, Granite Falls, MN, 2004-2007.
Ron Fagen/Minnesota Airways LLC/N79123 LLC, Granite Falls, MN, July 13, 2007-2025.
- Flew as Scat III.
- Displayed at Fagens Fighters WWII Museum, Granite Falls, MN, 2014-2021.