Dates

Event

Constructed as a P-39N.

Circa 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-4949.

24 July 1943

Involved in an incident.
Damaged during a taxiing accident at Amchitka Airbase, Alaska on July 24, 1943. During taxiing, the nose wheel went into a hole and the prop was damaged.

By 5 May 1944

Markings Applied: Little Joe

5 May 1944

Crashed.
Crashed by 2nd Lt. Jimmie L. Fields Jr. during a ferry flight back to the U.S. from Alaska on May 5, 1944. It was painted Little Joe above the exhaust and had the red trim around the insignia and some white lines painted on the tail when it crashed.

November 1971

Recovered.
Was recovered to the Fort Nelson airport where it sat until Tallichet recovered it.

Recovered.

To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
The wings on 42-4949 in the museum in Chino are not the original wings, and the cannon is incorrect.
View the Location Dossier

Markings Applied: Little Sir Echo, Small Fry

1985

Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Planes of Fame, Chino, CA.

January 1988

Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA.

4 December 1997

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

25 June 2004

Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, CA.

11 February 2014

Photographer: Chris Kennedy

2020

Restoration started.
Under restoration at Planes Of Fame Air Museum, Chino, California.

This airframe is often mistaken for another airframe recovered by Tallichet in the past, USAAF s/n 42-19027.
For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier