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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-27026
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27026
Serial #: 44-27026
Construction #: 8030
Civil Registration:
  NX70005
  N70005
Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: See history
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1949
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-27026.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
R. A. Wardell, Portland, OR, April 1946.
- Registered as NX70005.
- Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ, April 22, 1946.
- Flew in Cleveland Air Races, 1946.
-- Flown by pilot Walter Bullock as race #50/Minnesota Gopher II.
“Shorty” De Ponti/De Ponti Aviation, Minneapolis, MN, 1947.
- Flew as race #50/Peacock Club Special.
Flamingo Aircraft Inc, Jacksonville, FL, 1949.
- Registered as N70005.
- Crashed during race trials, Cleveland, OH, August 1949.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Photo Source(s):
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives

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