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Serial #: 44-53242 Construction #: 8497 Civil Registration: NX57496 N54796 Model(s): P-38L F-5G Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2002 |
History: M.E. Jenkins, CA, 1946. - Registered as NX57496 - Flew as Bendix racer #47. Tom P. Mathews, 1947. - Flew as race #47. Ball-Ralston Inc, Hillsboro, OR, 1948. California Electric Power Company, Mar. 1948-1955. - Registered as N57496. Weather Modification Co, Redlands, CA, Sept. 1955-1969. - Crashed, Forced landing, near Bishop, CA, Oct. 1958. Joe Bishop, 1990. - Wreck recovered from crash site. Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, 1990-1991. - Badly damaged wreckage. Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee, FL, Oct. 1991-2002. - Stored pending restoration. |
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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): Scott Rose/Warbirds Resource Group Tony Andrews. Research Assistance: - |
