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PHOTO/NAME |
OWNER
LOCATION |
MODEL |
SERIAL #
CIV REG # |
COMMENTS |
"White 33"
 |
Feenix Partners |
P-38F-5-LO |
42-12652 |
Recovered from PNG (Papua New Guinea)
Currently being
restored at
Westpac Restorations in Colorado.
Original
See Progress
P-38 White 33. Ready to be mated to its tail booms and
wings. |
See more photos |
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! |
Flying Bulls of Austria
Salzburg Airport
Read more about White Lightnin'
|
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 & Space 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 |
|
(CLICK TO ENLARGE)
Photo courtesy of
Association Member,
Jay Silvio
Photo courtesy of
Robert N. Abbott Jr |
National
Air & Space Museum
(Smithsonian)
Washington, D.C.
To see large
photo,
click here.
|
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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National Museum of the USAF
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH |
P-38L-5 |
44-53232 |
Former Honduran AF a/c
Display (painted as P-38J)
Another photo
Cockpit photo |
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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. |
See more photos |
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
|
P-38G-10 |
42-13400
N55929 |
Display
Served with the 54th FS, 343rd FG. Recovered
from Aleutians. Restored
More info here.
|
Double Trouble |
War Eagles Museum
Santa Teresa, NM |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-27053
NX65485
NX345
N345
N345DN
N577JB |
AIRWORTHY
Circa 1950s
|
Pudgy
See more photos |
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 |
 |
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. |
|
"Thoughts of Midnight"
(formerly Putt-Putt Maru)
|
Tom Friedkin
Houston, TX |
P-38L-5
(P-38M) |
44-53095
N9005R |
Fully restored and now back online.
Test flown by Steve Hinton in early
June, 2008.
Oct, 09: Expect a new (OD) paint
job and new nose art soon.
Dec 09: New nose art: "Thoughts of
Midnight."
Early photo
Aéro Journal
Drawings |
MORE
PHOTOS
|
Jack Croul
Allied Fighters
Chino, CA |
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-26981
NX53752
NL53752
CF-GCH
N5596V
N7723C |
AIRWORTHY |
Scatterbrain Kid II
Photo by Jim Lux
Pilot: Col. Sandy Sansing |
Flying Heritage Collection |
P-38J-15 |
44-104088
N5260N
N38LL |
Damaged at Breckenridge Air
Show 1994
Awaiting restoration.
8-5-11
Being restored at WesPac
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. |
 |
Ronald Fagen
Renamed "Ruff Stuff"
|
P-38L-5
(F-5G) |
44-27231
NX79123
N79123 |
Currently in
Granite Falls, MN
Being kept in airworthy
conditon.
1-3-12
Ron Fagen has opened his own air museum.
Check it out! |
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.
|
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
Another photo |
Flew as "Dottie" |
National Museum
Port Moresby, PNG* |
P-38
(F-5) |
42-12647 |
There is a good
history of this
aircraft
here at the
Pacific Wrecks
website. |
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 |
|
42-12652 |
Recovered from PNG.
Airframe shipped
to US for
restoration. |
[NO PICTURE]
Flew as "
Jandina
II" |
Flying Heritage Collection
Arlington, WA |
|
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 |
|
130' down
Full story |
 |
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 |
 |
Yugoslavian
Aviation Museum
Belgrade |
P-38L-5 |
44-25786 |
Fuselage in
storage in
Yugoslavia |
 |
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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Our thanks to the
following, who helped
us in gathering this
info:
Elmendorf AFB,
Warbirds Resource
Group,
Aircraft Historian,
Steve Blake
and website visitors,
Pat Carry, Justin
Taylan (Pacific
Ghosts), Kenneth
S. Brooks
(CPT, SP, APA-C)
and
California Wreck
Divers.
Photo
credits given where
known.
*PNG = Papua, New
Guinea
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