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Serial #: 44-53078 Construction #: 422-8333 Civil Registration: NX21764 NL21764 N21764 N504MH |
Model(s): P-38L-5-LO Lightning F-5G Lightning Name: None Status: Wrecked Last info: 1990 |
Delivered to USAAF as 44-53078, 19??.
Anthony W. LeVier, Burbank, CA, January 30, 1946-1948.
- Purchased from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ, January 23, 1946.
- Registered as NX21764.
- Flew as race #3/Fox of the Skyways.
-- Placed 2nd in Thompson Trophy Race at the National Air Races, Cleveland, OH, 1946.
Butler Co, Chicago, IL, March 16, 1948-1950.
- Registered as NL21764.
Joseph J. Bulger, Chicago, IL, April 14, 1950-1951.
- Registered as N21764.
Ford E. Slagle, Chicago, IL, February 5, 1951.
K.C. Benbow, Greensboro, NC, October 7, 1951-1953.
Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Minneapolis, MN, March 12, 1953-1958.
- Used in survey operations in Europe and Ethiopia, October 1957-June 1958.
Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Minneapolis, MN, March 1958-1965.
- Registered as N504MH.
J. Byron Roche, St. Cloud, MN, May 24, 1965.
- Crashed after fuel ran out, burned on impact, near Los Olivos, CA, August 4, 1965.
-- Roche bailed out but was suffered fatal injuries.
Dave Horn, Santa Maria, CA, 1990.
- Wreckage salvaged and trucked to Santa Maria, CA.
- Later trucked to Chino by Fighter Rebuilders Inc, 1990.
- To be used as patterns for parts of rebuild of N3145X, circa 1990.
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): None Research Assistance: - |
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