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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53183

Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Serial #: 44-53183
Construction #: 422-8438
Civil Registration:
  NX56687
  N56687
  CF-GCG
  Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1955

History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-53183, 19??.
Lloyd L. Juelson, CA, 1946-1947.
- Registered as NX56687.
William P. Lear, Burbank, CA, 1947.
- Flew as race #74/Martha J II.
- Flew as race #25/Reynolds Little Bombshell.
Don Lee/Thomas S. Lee Enterprises Inc, Los Angeles, CA, September 9, 1948-1951.
California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg, FL, April 17, 1951.
- Registered as N56687.
Spartan Air Services Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, November 29, 1951-55.
- Registered as CF-GCG.
- Ferry permit Philadelphia PA to Ottawa, Canada, December 1951.
- Canadian C of A issued, June 11, 1952.
- Broke-up during steep dive during test flight
   crashed into MacGregor Lake, Quebec, March 15, 1955.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Photo Source(s):
John Benton

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