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Re: 1st FG P-38J model S/N & boom numbers
Hello,
I passed thru some photos and illustrations so may add:
43-28501 #3 with wide red stripe (serial not confirmed), 27 FS, 1 FG
no serial #3 with wide red stripe, 5 kill markings, 27 FS, 1 FG
no serial #4 with wide stripe, 27 FS, 1 FG
44-24217 #12 with wide stripe, 27 FS, 1 FG
44-24379 #13 with wide stripe, 27 FS, 1 FG
44-24047 #16 with wide stripe, Corsica, 27 FS, 1 FG
42-104150 #17 thin stripe, May 1944, 27 FS, 1 FG
42-104151 no boom number, thin fuselage stripe, 94 FS, 1 FG
42-104261 #20 815 __1, obscured by name La Muheca Plata of Lt Phil Tover, 27 FS, 1 FG
42-104096 #22 with wide stripe, 27 FS, 1 FG
42-104xxx 638 0__ P-38J-15 Colonel Klunk port, Baby Dean / Catherine starboard, 27 FS, 1 FG
42-104267 267 787 3101 Co-Pilot was P-38J-15 of 94 FS, 1 FG
43-28xxx #32 with wide stripe, 71 FS, 1 FG
43-28xxx #42 named IRA(?), 71 FS, 1 FG
43-28777 #48 71 FS, 1 FG
43-28801 #82, 94 FS, 1FG
no serial #83 of 94 FS, 1 FG was nm P-38J, with wide stripe outlined black, 1944 (in the same photo is older #78, still od/ng with thin stripe)
not visible #89 nm, wide stripe without outline, shot down (not 43-28252)
44-23684 3684 Ding How
44-24214 Pride of Billings / Jean was an early P-38L of 94 FS, 1FG
44-25751 5751 162 aileen P-38L
no nose numbers Carol Anne, 94 FS, 1FG
Also interesting is earlier P-38H x2929 probably #74 (numbers barely visible), od/ng with thin stripe, which belly landed at Trigno in Feb 1944, similar to P-38H 42-67034 #74 (od/ng with thin stripe, ex KI-V of 55 FS, 20 FG, 8 AF)
Zoran
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