Serial #: 44-53242
Construction #: 8497
Civil Registration:
  NX57496
  N54796

Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002

Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-53742.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
M.E. Jenkins, CA, 1946.
- Registered as NX57496
- Flew as Bendix racer #47.
Tom P. Mathews, 1947.
- Flew as race #47.
Ball-Ralston Inc, Hillsboro, OR, 1948.
California Electric Power Company, March 1948-1955.
- Registered as N57496.
Weather Modification Co, Redlands, CA, September 1955-1969.
- Crashed, Forced landing, near Bishop, CA, October 1958.
Joe Bishop, 1990.
- Wreck recovered from crash site.
Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, 1990-1991.
- Badly damaged wreckage.
Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee, FL, October 1991-2002.
- Stored pending restoration.