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P-39 AIRACOBRA/44-3908



Serial #: 44-3908
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  NX4829N
  N4829N
  N40A
  Model(s):
  RP-39Q Airacobra
  TP-39Q Airacobra
Name: Whistlin' Britches
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2003

History:
W.H. Ostenberg, Scotts Bluff, NE, April 1946-1950.
- Registered as NX4829N.
- Flew as Bendix racer #15.
Paul Addy, Fosturia, OH, 1950.
Archie Baldocchi, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1954.
- Registered as N40A.
E.D. Weiner, Hayward, CA, 1957.
- Stored, not flown, Orange County, CA, 1959-1971.
Robert M. Lindquist, Santa Ana, CA, 1963.
Donald D. Randall, Santa Ana, CA, 1966-1969.
Mira Slovak, Van Nuys, 1971-1975.
- Restored as race #21/Mr. Mennen.
- Later flown as race #39.
Rebco Inc/Confederate AF, San Antonio, TX, July 29, 1975-1982.
Preston Parish/Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, Oct. 1981-2003.
- Flew in USAAC camoflage, wfu for static display.
- Damaged when car struck building causing wall collapse.
- Repairs completed, 2001.
- Displayed as P-400/USAAC/BW146/20.





Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Pat Carry.
Roger Cain, 1995

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