Dates

Event

Constructed as a P-38L-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

Circa 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-26761.

Converted to a F-5G-6-LO.

23 January 1946

Assigned to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Kingman, AZ for storage.

October 1947

Assigned to Surplus Depot, Altus, OK for storage.

27 October 1947

To Everett L. Moore, Tulsa, OK with new c/r NL5054N.
Purchased from War Assets for $800.

3 February 1948

To Clark L. Smith, Cumberland, PA with new c/r N5054N.

From July 1949 to 1951

To Luis Struck/Cia. Mexicana Aerofoto SA, Mexico City, Mexico keeping c/r N5054N.

From 16 August 1951 to 1952

To Kenting Aerial Surveys, Toronto, ON with new c/r CF-GKE.

August 1951

Ferry flight. Delivered to Toronto from Mexico City.

From 4 July 1952 to 1956

To Spartan Air Services, Ltd, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r CF-GKE.

10 August 1954

Damaged.
Wheels-up landing, Whitehorse Yukon.

31 January 1955

Civil registration renewed.
Aircraft repaired.

28 May 1956

To Hycon Aerial Surveys, Ontario, CA with new c/r N6190C.

3 July 1956

Certificate of airworthiness for N6190C (P-38L-5, 44-26761) issued.

1958

To Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Sacramento, CA keeping c/r N6190C.

December 1959

Withdrawn from use.
Stored Las Vegas, NV until 1961.

From 28 December 1960 to 1962

To Bruce [and] Gunn Inc, Fort Worth-Redbird, TX keeping c/r N6190C.

From 26 November 1962 to 1968

To Kucera [and] Associates Inc, Cleveland, OH keeping c/r N6190C.
Survey contract Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay.

5 January 1965

Damaged.
Damaged when left main gear accidentally raised while parked at Presidente Stroessner/Silvio Pettirossi Airport, Ascuncion, Paraguay.

From January 1965 to 1972

Withdrawn from use.
Abandoned, in open storage at Ascuncion, Paraguay.

26 January 1968

To Ronald Bryant, Jacksonville, FL keeping c/r N6190C.
Aircraft remained in Paraguay.

From 20 February 1968 to 1970

To I. N. Junior Burchinall, Paris, TX keeping c/r N6190C.
Aircraft remained in Paraguay.

19 August 1970

To William E. Padden/Aero-Tech West, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N6190C.
Aircraft remained in Paraguay.

From 1972 to 1974

To Robert Diemert, Carman, MB keeping c/r N6190C.

1972

Recovered from Presidente Stroessner AP, Ascuncion and shipped to dismantled to Richmond, VA. Both tail booms were cut off behind the engines, to facilitate movement.

4 January 1973

Civil registration, N6190C, cancelled.
Sold to Canada.

From 1974 to 1981

To Dick Lambert, Plainfield, IL.
Stored dismantled at LambertaCOs private airfield.

October 1980

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Lambert Field, a grass strip south of Plainfield, IL

December 1980

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Lambert Field, a grass strip south of Plainfield, IL

December 1980

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Lambert Field, a grass strip south of Plainfield, IL

December 1980

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Lambert Field, a grass strip south of Plainfield, IL

December 1980

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Lambert Field, a grass strip south of Plainfield, IL

From 23 July 1981 to 1982

To Kermit A. Weeks, Tamiami, FL.

3 March 1982

To Weeks Air Museum Inc, Polk City, FL with new c/r N2897S.

3 March 1982

To Worlds Greatest Aircraft Collection Inc, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N2897S.

December 1991

Photographer: eLaReF
Notes: At Tamiami, Florida

2000

Based at Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
View the Location Dossier

1 January 2003

Certificate of airworthiness for NR2897S (P-38L-5, 44-26761) issued.

Displayed dismantled as recovered from Paraguay.

15 March 2011

To Worlds Greatest Aircraft Collection Inc, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N2897S.

23 May 2013

Photographer: Matt Maranto
Notes: Golden Hill Storage Facility

23 May 2013

Photographer: Matt Maranto
Notes: Golden Hill Storage Facility

23 May 2013

Photographer: Matt Maranto
Notes: Golden Hill Storage Facility