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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53097
Serial #: 44-53095
Construction #: 8350
Civil Registration:
  NL67745
  N9005R
  N38TF
  N53095
Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  P-38M Lightning
Name: Mone
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-53095.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
R.A. Wardell & Richard W. Martin, Jacksboro, OR, 1946-1947.
- Registered as NL67745.
Delivered to Fuerza Aérea Hondureña as FAH503 (later FAH506).
- BOC: 1948.
- SOC: 1960.
Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA, February 2, 1960-1970.
- Registered as N9005R.
- Stored in FAH scheme, Blythe, CA, 1960-1968.
- All metallic at Blythe, CA by March 1970.
William Ross, Elk Grove Village, IL, 1969-1986.
- Delivered from Blythe to DuPage county airport, IL, 1970.
- Flown as 453095/Der Gabelshwanz Teufel.
Robert L. Waltrip/Air-SRV, Houston, TX, November 1986-202.
Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston/Galveston, TX. 1988-2002.
- Damaged in accident, Galveston, TX (repaired), May 4, 1997.
- Flew in USAAF scheme as Putt Putt Maru/100.
Thomas Blair/Southern Aircraft Leasing/Spitfire USA Ltd/Air-SRV Delaware LLC, Gaithersburg MD & Kissimmee, FL, March 10, 2006-2008.
- Departed Galveston on delivery to Kissimmee FL, April 2006.
- First flight, Kissimmee, FL, June 2008.
Dan & Tom Freidkin/Comanche Warbirds LLC, Houston, TX, November 6, 2009-2011.
- Delivered to Houston from Kissimmee, November 18, 2008.
- Repainted in USAAF scheme as "120/Thoughts of Midnite", 2009.
Comanche Fighters LLC, Houston, TX, 2011-2021.
- Registered as N38TF.
Michael C. Somers, Hillsboro, OR, April 2021-2025.
- Registered as N53095, November 9, 2021.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53095
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.
Eric Dumigan Photography
Jerry O'Neill.
Lee Sloan.
Caz Caswell
Robert N. Abbott Jr.

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