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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-53082
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53082
Serial #: 44-53082
Construction #: 8293
Civil Registration:
  NX62805
Model(s):
  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.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-53082
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Photo Source(s):
Charles M. Daniels Collection/SDASM Archives

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