Last of P-38's in United States - WW2 Airplane History Book (list of P38 in US)

Description: Last of the P-38's in the United States by Charles WestHas photos, background and Location of the remaining P-38 planes in the US as of 1997.25 Pages Foreground of Charles West interest in the P-38 airplanesAfter the war, like all other GI's, my main interest was to return home and restart civilian life. At that time I was more interested in building the future than remembering the past. Most of our war experiences were pushed to the back of our mind...even the pleasant ones did not surface until much later.My first connection with the P-38 was in the Philippines. The pilots were making practice runs. It seemed they were flying about 50 feet off the water as they approached the island. There would be a slight lift of the plane over the palm trees simulating a bomb run. Then like a streak of lightning, they would set it on its tail and head straight up.There were many brand new P-38's left on the island which were later destroyed because they were not needed and it was probably too expensive to return them to the United States. This was all brought back to light to me when there was the discovery of the Lost Squadron on Greenland. I found out about this through a newspaper article in the News-Gazette, a local newspaper from Champaign, Illinois. An army buddy who lived there sent it to me.This relit my desire to find out about the plane they had discovered. I had to find out more about this plane that was recovered from Greenland. I found that the plane would be restored to flying condition in Middlesboro, Kentucky.Upon arriving at Middlesboro, and seeing the plane and talking to the Co-ordinator, Bob Cardin, I found out that it was a joint venture for the Society and Roy Shoffner. At that time I decided to help the Greenland Society financially.However at that time I was unable to meet Roy Schoffner. Later at an airshow in Jeffersonville, Indiana, Bob Cardin introduced me to Roy Schoffner. At that time we seemed to hit it off as friends and agreed that I would help in anyway I could to support his efforts to rebuild the plane.I spend as much time in Middlesboro as I can watching the reconstruction. Bob Cardin was the one that created the interest to find out how many P-38's that still existed and where they were located in the United States. A lot of these planes are on static display in museums and memorials in dedication to the pilots, ground crew and builders of the planes.My research has proven that of the almost 10,000 built, only 20 seem to be in existence in the United States. Less than half of these are in flying condition.CONTENTS1. Lost SquadronBell County Airport Middlesboro, KentuckyP-38F-1-LOSN 41-7630Glacier GirlUnder restorationRoy Shoffner---Owner2. Smithsonian Institution - National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC P-38J-10-LO SN 42-67762Static Display3. War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico Static DisplayP-38L-5-LOSN 44-27087N577.JBInsurance too expensive to fly.4. Planes of Fame, East and West, Minnesota and California respectivelyP-38J-20-LO SN 44-23314N38BPJoltin Jose - Flyable.5. Lefty Gardner - White Lightning - Burnet, TexasP-38L-5-LOSN 44-53254N25YFlyable6. Weeks Air Museum - Miami, FloridaP-38L-5-LOSN 44-267617. Santa Monica Museum of FlyingP-38L-5-LOSN 44-26996N28978S damaged in storm (Andrew)Santa Monica, CaliforniaN5596VFlyableDave Price - Owner8. Yankee Air Corps - Chino, CaliforniaP-38L-5-LOSN 44-27183N517PAin restoration9. Dave Tallichet - Chino, California and East CoastP-38L-5-LOSN 44-27231N7912310. McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.P-38L-5-LOSN 44-53015N9957FFlyableStatic Display"Pudgy V"11. EAA Museum - Oshkosh, WisconsinP-38L-5-LOSIN 44-53087N3800LStatic Display12. Champlin Museum Mesa, ArizonaP-38L-5-LOSN 44-53097N3JBFlyable?13. Air Force Museum - Wright-Patterson, OhioP-38L-5-LOSN 44-53232FAH505Static Display14. Bong Memorial - Poplar, WisconsinP-38L-5-LOSN 44-53236being refurbished and will be on StaticDisplay in museum.15. Tillammok Naval Air Station Museum Tillamook, OregonP-38L-5-LOSN 44-26969crashed June 6, 1997SN 44-27083N502MH Erickson Flyable

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