P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53082

Serial #: 44-53082
Construction #: 8293
Civil Registration:
NX62805
Construction #: 8293
Civil Registration:
NX62805
Model(s):
P-38L Lightning
P-38M Lightning
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 1947
P-38L Lightning
P-38M Lightning
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 1947
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-53082.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Forrest M. Bird/Bird Airways, Long Beach, CA, April 1946.
- Registered as NX62805.
- Flew as race #16/The Pureaire Kitchen.
Parsons Auto Parts Co, 1946.
- Operated by the Caribbean Legion, based in Guatemala, circa 1947.
Delivered to CAEC/Cuban Air Force as 124.
- BOC: August 1947
- SOC: N/A
U.S. Civil Registry quotes construction number as 5496.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-53082.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Forrest M. Bird/Bird Airways, Long Beach, CA, April 1946.
- Registered as NX62805.
- Flew as race #16/The Pureaire Kitchen.
Parsons Auto Parts Co, 1946.
- Operated by the Caribbean Legion, based in Guatemala, circa 1947.
Delivered to CAEC/Cuban Air Force as 124.
- BOC: August 1947
- SOC: N/A
U.S. Civil Registry quotes construction number as 5496.

Photo Source(s):
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives
Research Assistance:
-
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives
Research Assistance:
-