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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53045
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53045
Serial #: 44-53045
Construction #: 8300
Civil Registration:
  NX21765
  N21765
  CF-HSC
Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1956
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-53045.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Harold S. Johnson, CA April 1946-1947.
- Acquired ex War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ, January 1946.
- Registered as NX21765.
- Flew as race #63.
Earl T. Reinert, Wheeling, IL, 1947.
- Flew as race #63 by Jane Page Hlavcek, 1947.
Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc, Burbank, CA, June 1951-1954.
- Registered as N21765.
- 38 inch extended survey nose installed, October 1951.
- Operated in Panama, September 1953.
- Struck-off USCR as sold to Canada, June 16, 1954.
Survey Aircraft Ltd, Vanvcouver BC 14.5.54/56.
- Registered as CF-HSC.
- Canadian Certificate of airworthiness issued, June 9, 1954.
- Flew survey ops in bright orange paint scheme.
Aero Surveys Ltd, Vancouver, BC, 1956.
- Crashed & destroyed, Prince George, BC, June 25, 1956
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53045
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53045
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Photo Source(s):
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives
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