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    Airframe Family: Northrop P-61 Black Widow / F-15 Reporter
    Latest Model:P-61B-1 Black Widow
    Last Military Serial:42-39445 USAAF
    Construction Number:964
    Last Civil Registration:N550NF
    Compressed ID:Northrop P-61B-1 sn 42-39445 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-61B-1.
    232nd Black Widow produced.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-39445.

    Transferred to 550th NFS, New Guinea.
    Was the first P-61 assigned to the 550th NFS.

    10 January 1945

    Crashed.
    Piloted by Lt. Logan Southfield, it crashedon the slopes of Mount Cyclops near Hollandia Airfield in New Guinea during a proficiency flight.

    1 June 1988

    To Mid Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA with new c/r N550NF.

    1991

    Recovered.
    Recovered for the Mid-Atlantic Museum.

    Based at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA.
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    6 June 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Displayed at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum

    10 July 2018


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Currently under restoration.

    10 July 2018


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Currently under restoration.

    7 June 2024


    Photographer: Bob Bennett
    Notes: In Reading, PA.


    Photographer: Bob Bennett
    Notes: In Reading, PA.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Bourlier
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