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Lockheed P-38 Lightning/44-27083


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

Note: also reported as 8273, s/n 44-27083
  History:
Russell C. Reeves, Tulsa, OK, Apr. 8, 1946
- Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ, for $1,250.
Raymond H. Miller, Tulsa, OK & Wentachee, WA, Apr. 11, 1946-1948
- Registered as NX75551 on Jan. 9, 1947
Mark Hurd Mapping Co, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 7, 1948-1956
- Registered as N75551.
Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Minneapolis, MN, Aug. 1956-1968
- Registered as N502MH on Jan. 30, 1957.
- Open storage, Santa Barbara, CA 1968.
Bruce L. Pruett, Livermore, CA, Dec. 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, Sept. 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.
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