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"Marge"
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Serial #: 44-53087 Construction #: 8342 Civil Registration: NX62887 N62887 CF-GDS N1107V YV-C-BAR N3800L Model(s): P-38L P-38M Name: Marge Status: Display Last info: 2007 |
History: Forrest M. Bird/Bird Aviation, Long Beach, CA, Mar. 25, 1946 - Registered as NX62887. David A. Bishop, Green Bay, WI, June 13, 1946 Ralph B. Lenz, De Pere, WI, Sep. 14, 1946-1947 R.C. Allwon, Wichita, KS, May 26, 1947-1948. George L. Harte, Denton, TX, June 25, 1948-1951. - Registered as N62887. Spartan Air Services Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. 1951-1956. - Registered as CF-GDS, June 1952. - Damaged during landing (repaired), Seven Islands, Quebec, Apr. 19, 1953. Hycon Aerial Surveys Inc., Pasadena, CA, May 23, 1956-1958. - Registered as N1107V. Vern W. Cartwright/Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Sacramento, CA, May 12, 1958-1959. Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Caracas, Sep. 1959. - Registered as YV-C-BAR. Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Sacramento, CA, 1961. - Reregistered as N1107V. Marvin L. Gardner & Lloyd P. Nolan/ Lightning & Co, Mercedes, TX, Sep. 12, 1961-1964 Robert H Kucera/Kucera & associates Inc, Cleveland, OH, Apr. 3, 1964-1967 - Used for surveys in South America. A. G. Wilson/Wilson Flight Training Center, Kansas City, KS, Jan. 12, 1967 Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Santa Barbara, CA, Mar. 22, 1967-1968. - Retired and stored, Santa Barbara, CA, Jan. 1968. Wilson Flight Training Center, Kansas City, KS, Feb. 23, 1968-1969 Peter W. Kahn/Corporate Air Motive, San Jose, CA, July 3, 1969-1970 Peter W. Kahn, Danville, IL, July 1970-1973. - Registered as N3800L - Restored, fitted with P-38E nose from MGM studios. Jack Flaherty/Flaherty Factors, Monterey, CA, Mar. 27, 1973. Wilson C. Edwards, Big Spring, TX, Sep. 4, 1973-1981. EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI, Dec. 7, 1981-2007. - Maintained airworthy. - Displayed as Richard Bong's "210399/597/Marge". |
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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): Jim Sterling Bill Calmes/Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Inc. Research Assistance: - |
