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Serial #: 44-53095 Construction #: 8350 Civil Registration: NL67745 N9005R Model(s): P-38L P-38M Name: Putt Putt Maru Status: Restoration Last info: 2007 |
History: R.A. Wardell & R.W. Martin, Jacksboro, OR, 1946-1947. - Registered as NL67745. To FA Hondurena as FAH503 (later FAH506). - BOC: 1948. - SOC: 1960. Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA., Feb. 2, 1960-1970. - Registered as N9005R. - Stored, Blythe, CA. William Ross, Elk Grove Village, IL, 1969-1986. - Flown as 453095/Der Gabelshwanz Teufel. Robert L. Waltrip/Air-SRV, Houston, TX, Nov. 1986-1988. Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston/Galveston, TX. 1988-2002. - Damaged in accident, Galveston, TX (repaired), May 4, 1997. - Flies as Putt Putt Maru/100. Tom Blair, Kissimee, FL, 2007. - Undergoing restoration, 2006. |
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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. |
Photo Source(s): Eric Dumigan Photography, http://www.airic.ca, 2004 Unknown. Lee Sloan. Caz Caswell Robert N. Abbott Jr. Research Assistance: Pat Carry/WIX |
