Aircraft Photo of N25Y | Lockheed P-38L Lightning | AirHistory.net #721853
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N25Y
Other Marks:13
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-38/F-5 Lightning
Aircraft Version:Lockheed P-38L Lightning
C/n (msn):422-8509
Promotional Titles:Boomtown
Location
City / Airport:Mesa - Falcon FieldMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: MSC   Local: FFZ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:17 October 1984
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 721853
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-53254 in 1945. Sold as NX25Y in 1946 and converted to racer configuration. Reregistered as N25Y after 1948. To the Confederate Air Force in 1963. Badly damaged in a forced landing near Greenwood, MS in 2001. Repairs started. Sold to the Flying Red Bulls Collection in 2004. First flew after restoration in 2008. Shipped to Hamburg in 2009 and flown to Salzburg.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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