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P-38 LIGHTNING/44-27083

Lockheed P-38 Lightning 44-27083
Serial #: 44-27083
Construction #: 8087
Civil Registration:
  NX75551
  N75551
  N502MH
  N2114L
  Model(s):
  P-38L-5-LO Lightning
  F-5G-6-LO Lightning
Name: Tangerine
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2006

History:
Delivered to RFC, Kingman AAF, AZ as 44-27083, February 21, 1946.
Russell C. Reeves, Tulsa, OK, April 8, 1946
- Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ, for $1,250.
Raymond H. Miller, Tulsa, OK & Wentachee, WA, April 11, 1946-1948
- Registered as NX75551 on January 9, 1947
Mark Hurd Mapping Co, Minneapolis, MN, February 7, 1948-1956
- Registered as N75551.
Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Minneapolis, MN, August 1956-1968
- Registered as N502MH on Jan. 30, 1957.
- Open storage, Santa Barbara, CA 1968.
Bruce L. Pruett, Livermore, CA, December 6, 1968-1994
- Stored, long-term restoration project.
Jack A. Erickson, Medford, OR, 1994-1995.
Past Times Antiques & collectables, March 1995.
Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, OR, May 19, 1995-2006.
- Registered as N2114L.
- Restored to airworthy, Medford, OR.
- First flight, September 1996.
- Airworthy display.
- Displayed as Tangerine/427083.

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):
None

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