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P-38 LIGHTNING/42-66841

Lockheed P-38 Lightning 4266841
Serial #: 42-66841
Construction #: 1352
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s): P-38H-5-LO Lightning
Name: Scarlet Scourge
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2007

History:
Manufactured in the last run of 375 early model Lockheed Lightnings.
Aircraft number 114 on the assembly line, July 1943.
Delivered to USAAF as 42-66841, 19??.
- Allocated to the 475th FG/432nd FS/5th AF
-- Given squadron aircraft number 153.
- Flown by 2nd Lt. Edward G Dickey. Total of 106 missions in Lightnings.
-- Credited with a probable 'Oscar' over Rabaul PNG in 1943.
- Crash landing by unknown pilot, Brahmin, near Madang, PNG, September 20, 1943.
- Stripped and abandoned.
Gary R. Larkins, Auburn, CA, 1992.
- Intact hulk recoverd from Faita, Ramu Valley, PNG, 1992.
- Airlifted by chopper to Nadzab, 1992.
- Marked with 841 on tail, and white code 53.
Jack A. Erickson, Medford, OR, 1992.
- Impounded by PNG government on wharf, Lae, May 1992.
National Museum, Port Moresby, PNG, 1992-1997.
- Hulk stored, unrestored, Nadzab, 1992-1997.
Bob Jarrett/Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, April 1997-2007.
- Shipped from Lae to Adelaide, May 1, 1999.
- Restored for static display.

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.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Photo Source(s):
Bob Jarrett/Classic Jets Fighter Museum.

Research Assistance:

Bob Jarrett/Classic Jets Fighter Museum.

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