P-38 LIGHTNING/44-26961

Serial #: 44-26961
Construction #:
422-7965
Civil Registration:
N74883
N38DH
N6961
Construction #:
422-7965
Civil Registration:
N74883
N38DH
N6961
Model(s):
P-38L-5-LO Lightning
F-5G-6-LO
Name: Scrap Iron IV
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1993
P-38L-5-LO Lightning
F-5G-6-LO
Name: Scrap Iron IV
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1993
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-26961.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Transferred to RFC, Kingman, AZ, January 23, 1946.
Delivered to Costa Rican AF as G.C.R.-01.
- BOC: November 1948.
- SOC: 1949.
Delivered to Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca as FAG???.
- BOC: December 1949.
- SOC: 1951.
- Stored, never flown, La Aurora AB.
Delivered to Fuerza Aérea Hondureña as FAH504.
- BOC: 1953.
- SOC: 1960.
Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA, March 31, 1960.
- Registered as N74883.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, 1965-1967.
- Displayed as FAH504.
G.E. Blumer/Air Maintenance Inc, Puyellup, WA, 1969-1972.
- Raced as #59/Scrap Iron IV.
Don Hull, Houston, TX, 1976.
- Registered as N38DH.
Friends Of Harbor Island Inc., San Diego, CA 1977.
John G. Deahl, Denver, CO, July 26, 1977-1981.
- Registered as N6961.
- Destroyed in crash at Salt Lake City, Deahl killed, April 9, 1981.
Lester Friend, Palomar, CA, 1988.
- Wreckage stored.
Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, 1993.
- Wreckage stored.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-26961.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Transferred to RFC, Kingman, AZ, January 23, 1946.
Delivered to Costa Rican AF as G.C.R.-01.
- BOC: November 1948.
- SOC: 1949.
Delivered to Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca as FAG???.
- BOC: December 1949.
- SOC: 1951.
- Stored, never flown, La Aurora AB.
Delivered to Fuerza Aérea Hondureña as FAH504.
- BOC: 1953.
- SOC: 1960.
Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA, March 31, 1960.
- Registered as N74883.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, 1965-1967.
- Displayed as FAH504.
G.E. Blumer/Air Maintenance Inc, Puyellup, WA, 1969-1972.
- Raced as #59/Scrap Iron IV.
Don Hull, Houston, TX, 1976.
- Registered as N38DH.
Friends Of Harbor Island Inc., San Diego, CA 1977.
John G. Deahl, Denver, CO, July 26, 1977-1981.
- Registered as N6961.
- Destroyed in crash at Salt Lake City, Deahl killed, April 9, 1981.
Lester Friend, Palomar, CA, 1988.
- Wreckage stored.
Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, 1993.
- Wreckage stored.


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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
Photo Source(s):
Charles Gardner.
Unknown.
Dick Phillips Collection.
Research Assistance:
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Charles Gardner.
Unknown.
Dick Phillips Collection.
Research Assistance:
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