| PHOTO/NAME |
OWNER
LOCATION |
MODEL |
SERIAL #
CIV REG # |
COMMENTS |
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Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA |
P-38L-5
(P-38M) |
44-53097
NL3JB |
AIRWORTHY
Currently on display. |
Flying Bulls P-38
(White Lightnin')
Current "paint" scheme. Beautiful!
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Flying Bulls of Austria
Salzburg Airport
Read more about White Lightnin'
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P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-53254
N25Y |
Fully restored to airworthiness at Ezell Aviation in Breckenridge Texas. Steve Hinton took it up in early June, 2008, for a test flight and all is A-OK!
August 22, 2008 -- scheduled to leave for her new home in Austria, but as of Jan 26, 2009, she is still in the US. Details are sketchy as to when she will depart.
History of restoration (lots of great photos!)
New photos after refurbishment
Circa 1948 |
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Evergreen Aviation Museum
OR |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-53186
N38EV
N505MH |
AIRWORTHY |
23 Skidoo
Photo courtesy of
Mike Shreeve |
Planes of Fame Museum
Chino, CA |
P-38J-20 |
44-23314
N138AM |
AIRWORTHY
Formerly Joltin' Josie
Formerly Porky II |
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Photo courtesy of
Association Member,
Jay Silvio
Photo courtesy of
Robert N. Abbott Jr
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National Air & Space Museum
(Smithsonian)
Washington, D.C.
To see large photo, click here.
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P-38J-10 |
42-67762 |
Acquired from Army Air Forces Museum.
Has been moved to the NASM's new building at Dulles International Airport. Now on display. |
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USAF Museum
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH |
P-38L-5 |
44-53232 |
Former Honduran AF a/c
Display (painted as P-38J) |
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Experimental Aircraft Association
Oshkosh, WI |
P-38L-5-LO |
44-53087
N3800L
N1107V |
Display
Currently also being displayed with "Marge" nose art.
Bubble nose modification shown in B&W photo at left was made post-war by Spartan Air Services, Ltd. for aerial mapping duty.
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Kermit Weeks
Fantasy of Flight Museum
Polk City, FL |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-26761
N2897S |
Damaged during Hurricane Andrew 1992 |
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Charles Nichols
Yanks Air Museum
Chino, CA |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-27183
NC62441
N62441
N501MH
N517PA
N718 |
AIRWORTHY |
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Elmendorf AFB, AK
See Project Lightning Save |
P-38G-10 |
42-13400
N55929 |
Display
Served with the 54th FS, 343rd FG. Recovered from Aleutians. Restored
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Double Trouble |
War Eagles Museum
Santa Teresa, NM |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-27053
NX65485
NX345
N345
N345DN
N577JB |
AIRWORTHY
Circa 1950s |
Pudgy
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Tom McGuire Memorial
McGuire AFB, NJ |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-53015
N9957F |
Display.
Acquired by Air Force Museum in 1981 mounted at main gate of base-- Also listed as 44-27183 |
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Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill AFB, UT |
P-38>J-10 |
42-67638 |
Crash landed on Buldir Island, AK, in 1944; Recovered in 1994 by Hill AFB Museum. |
Putt-Putt Maru |
Tom Blair
Kissimmee Municipal Airport
[Note: We heard she was in Texas now.] |
P-38L-5
(P-38M) |
44-53095
N9005R |
Fully restored and now back online. Test flown by Steve Hinton in early June, 2008.
Early photo
Aéro Journal Drawings |
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Jack Croul
Allied Fighters
Chino, CA |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-26981
NX53752
NL53752
CF-GCH
N5596V
N7723C |
AIRWORTHY
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Scatterbrain Kid II |
Jim Frye
Minneapolis, MN
UPDATE:
Apparently now owned by Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection. We're awaiting confirmation |
P-38J-15 |
44-104088
N5260N
N38LL |
Damaged at Breckenridge Air Show 1994
Frye acquired the remains from the CAF and is restoring the plane.
Awaiting restoration.
Original Scatterbrain Kid |
Marge |
Richard I. Bong Veteran's Historical Center
Superior, WI |
P-38L-5 |
44-53286
42-103993
(Original "Marge") |
Restored by Minnesota National Guard. Notice the photo of his wife, Marge, on the nose.
Now on display. |
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Ronald Fagen
Renamed "Ruff Stuff"
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P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-27231
NX79123
N79123 |
Currently in Granite Falls, MN
Being kept in airworthy conditon. |
Restoration
First Flight
Photos courtesy of
Robert Cardin |
The Lost Squadron
(Closed after sale)
Middlesboro, KY
Read about Glacier Girl
12-4-06
Currently at the French Valley Airport, Murrieta, CA
4-2007
Purchased by Rod Lewis of Lewis Aeronautical in San Antonio, TX |
P-38F-1 |
41-7630
N5757 |
Crashed on glacier, 1942. Recovered, 1992. Fully restored. Had first engine run-up in September of 2001. First flight (in 50+ years anyway!) October 26, 2002.
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Thanks to
Paul Hastings
for the photo |
Classic Jets Fighter Museum
Parafield, South Australia |
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42-66841
Also reported as: 42-66851 |
Recovered in New Guinea. Restoration complete and plane rolled out on April 2, 2006.
Restoration photo by
John Burford |
[NO PICTURE]
Flew as "Dottie" |
National Museum
Port Moresby, PNG* |
P-38
(F-5) |
42-12647 |
Under restoration |
Tangerine
Another Photo |
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook, OR |
P-38L
(F-5G) |
44-27083
(also reported as 44-53018)
NX75551
N75551
N502MH
N2114L |
AIRWORTHY
Display
Original Tangerine
(or what's left of her!) |
| [NO PICTURE] |
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P-38F, (F-5A) |
42-13084 |
Recovered from swamp near Port Moresby, PNG*, Nov. 1978.
National Museum, Port Moresby, PNG, Nov. 1978-1992.
- Derelict hulk, used for parts for 42-12647.
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44-53242 |
Badly damaged wreckage.
The facility where this was stored
(Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft) has closed, and the current
whereabouts of this wreckage
are unknown. |
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Lackland AFB |
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According to Museum Director, Fernando Cortez, this is a full-sized replica. |
| [NO PICTURE] |
Flying Heritage Collection
Arlington, WA |
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42-12652 |
Recovered from PNG. Airframe shipped to US for restoration. |
[NO PICTURE]
Flew as "Jandina II" |
Flying Heritage Collection
Arlington, WA |
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42-103988 |
Recovered from PNG. Airframe shipped to US for restoration. |
| STILL SURVIVING (Sort of) |
Photo by Steve Lawson |
Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA |
P-38G-10LO |
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130' down
Full story |
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Milne Bay, New Guinea |
P-38F |
42-66869 |
90' down |
| [NO PICTURE] |
National Museum
Port Moresby, PNG |
P-38G |
42-12847 |
Derelict hulk, being used for parts for restoration of 42-12647 |
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Yugoslavian Aviation Museum
Belgrade |
P-38L-5 |
44-25786 |
Fuselage in storage in Yugoslavia |
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We last heard that she was reburied by the sand at Harlech, Wales. |
P-38F |
Presumed to be 41-7677 |
A long-buried P-38 washed ashore in the tiny town of Harlech, Wales.
Dubbed the Maid of Harlech, full details can be found here.
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