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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53180
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53180
Serial #: 44-53180
Construction #: 422-8470
Civil Registration:
  NX69902
  N69902
Model(s):
  P-38L-5-LO Lightning
  F-5G-6-LO Lightning
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1957
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-53180.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Transferred to RFC at Kingman AAF, AZ, January 24, 1946
Harry Renkert, Canton, OH, circa 1946-1947
- Registered as NX69902.
William C. Wold/Halsey-Webb Ltd, New York, NY, 1954
- Registered as N69902.
Hycon Aerial Surveys Inc, Ontario, CA, 1954-1957
- Crashed and destroyed, Pittsburgh, PA, August 23, 1957.
-- Cause was loss of control while trying to avoid collision with a TWA Constellation,
    probably caused by wake turbulence (CAB Accident report 2-0046).
-- Both crewman perished.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Unknown

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