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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53059
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53059
Serial #: 44-53059
Construction #: 8314
Civil Registration:
  NX69800
Model(s):
  P-38L Lightning
  F-5G Lightning
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 1956
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-53059.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Anderson Air Activities, Milbranka, WI, June 1946-1947.
- Acquire from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ.
- Registered as NX69800.
- Flew as race #58.
Hugh I. Wells, 1947-1949.
- Flown to Peru by Wells for engine tests.
- Permit to operate in Peru issued February 1948.
- Retired, abandoned Peru.
Elizabeth Walker, Miami, FL, 1949-1956.

Struck-off USCR, March 15, 1956.
Reported sold to Bolivian Government.
USCR quoted construction number as 8437.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53059
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Photo Source(s):
Charles A. Koch Collection
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives

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