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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53019
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Serial #: 44-53019
Construction #: 8274
Civil Registration:
  NC62835
Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  P-38M Lightning
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1947
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-53019.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Forrest M. Bird/Bird Airways, Long Beach, CA, circa 1946.
- Registered as NC62835.
- Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ.
- Crashed and destroyed, Grand Central Airport, Glendale, CA, October 15, 1947.
-- Suffered dual engine failure and was forced to make an emergency landing.
-- Aircraft subsequently exploded.
-- No fatalities.

U.S. Civil Registry quoted id. as 8112.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Aviation Safety Network
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