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1. Close up of the upper portion of the right main landing gear,
looking aft. |
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2. The inside detail of a main gear door. |
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3. The Allison engine placard. Near the bottom it lists the cylinder
firing order as "1L 6R 5L 2R 3L 4R 6L 1R 2L 5R 4L 3R" and then ALLISON
DIVISION
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA |
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4. Left side of cockpit, with window down. |
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5. A little closer (I held the camera up and took several shots
until I got this one) |
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6. Unnamed P-38L-5, sitting out in the open with tarp over canopy.
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7. It looks like it is ready to go any minute! |
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8. Close-up of turbosupercharger using same photo technique as in
#5. |
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9. The radiator vent is closed. |
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10. Left tail. |
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11. Aft portion of left boom and both tails. |
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12. View taken above the elevator, just to the left of the upper counter
balance. |
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13. Under the empennage looking at the inside lower portion of the left
tail. |
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14. Similar, but the right tail. The hand-written letters just to
the left of the lower rudder hinge identifies the airplane as "Lockheed P-38L Ser. #
42-28235." I believe that instead of "Ser. #" (Serial Number --
usually the USAAF Serial Number -- which has a two-digit prefix) the writer meant to write
the Lockheed Constructor's Number "422-8235."
Author A. Kevin Grantham confirms my suspicions, as he identifies this plane in his
book, The P-Screamers -- The History of Surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings,
(1994). He writes:
 | N79123 -- P-38L-5-LO. C/N 422-8235 AAF S/N 44-27231. Converted to a F-5G-6-LO.
Post World War II air racer (race #95). ... The aircraft is presently
undergoing restoration ... in Chino, CA. |
And as seen in photos 10, 11, and 19 on this page, this plane's registration is indeed
N79123 and as we see on the next page, photo 21, the ASAAF S/N is indeed 44-27231.
*Beginning with the H, all subsequent P-38s were model 422. |
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15. View from just below the elevator external counterbalances (the low
one is the dark blob at the top of the photo.) |
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16. The upper counterbalance. |
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17. Mid section of right boom and its turbosupercharger. |
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18. Wider view than 17. |
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19. Right tail. Lettering says "N79123." |
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20. Right radiator housing, etc. |
