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Serial #: 44-53242 Construction #: 8497 Civil Registration: NX57496 N54796 |
Model(s): P-38L Lightning F-5G Lightning Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2002 |
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, Mar. 1948-1955.
- Registered as N57496.
Weather Modification Co, Redlands, CA, Sept. 1955-1969.
- Crashed, Forced landing, near Bishop, CA, Oct. 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, Oct. 1991-2002.
- Stored pending restoration.
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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. |
Photo Source(s): Scott Rose/Warbirds Resource Group Tony Andrews. Research Assistance: - |
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