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Serial #: 44-53078 Construction #: 8333 Civil Registration: NX21764 NL21764 N21764 N504MH Model(s): P-38L F-5G Name: None Status: Wrecked Last info: 2002 |
History: Anthony W. LeVier, Burbank, CA, Jan. 30, 1946-1948. - Purchased from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ, Jan. 23, 1946. - Registered as NX21764. - Flew as race #3/"Fox of the Skyways. Butler Co, Chicago, IL, Mar. 16, 1948-1950. - Registered as NL21764. Joseph J. Bulger, Chicago, IL, Apr. 14, 1950-1951. - Registered as N21764. Ford E. slagle, Chicago, IL, Feb. 5, 1951. K.C. Benbow, Greensboro, NC, Oct. 7, 1951-1953. Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Minneapolis, MN, Mar. 12, 1953-1958. - Used in survey operations in Europe and Ethiopia, Oct. 1957-June 1958. Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Minneapolis, MN, MAr. 1958-1965. - Registered as N504MH. J. Byron Roche, St. Cloud, MN, May 24, 1965. - Crashed after fuel ran out, burned on impact, near Los Olivos, CA, Aug. 4, 1965. -- Roche bailed out but was killed. Dave Horn, Santa Maria, CA, 1990. - Wreckage salvaged and trucked to Santa Maria, CA. - Later trucked to Chino by Fighter Rebuilders Inc, 1990. - To be used as patterns for parts of rebuild of N3145X, circa 1990. |
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. |
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