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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:34 pm 
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With reading the post about the newest P-38 rebuild, it got me to wondering just how many P-38's are on the (re)building block around the world? I do know of at least two others in the mid-west...

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Anything happening with Kermit's P-38?

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There is Jim Slattery's P-38F at Westpac, which was recently reported through Facebook, by Westpac, to be making "major advancements" towards completion over the next two months. There is also the P-38 (J I believe) under restoration at Westpac for the Flying Heritage Collection. Westpac has in the past stated that they'd be into doing at least a few more P-38's, through all of the airframes/components/sections they have. The restoration of the Texas Flying Legends P-38L is pending at Aircorps Aviation. The former Classic Jets Fighter Museum static-restored P-38H "Scarlet Scourge" was sold to an English collector, and the aircraft is now in England, reported to be under a complete rebuild to flying condition. HARS in Australia are currently restoring one P-38 to static, for the Papua New Guinea National Museum, another P-38 to flying condition, to be operated by HARS, and one more project to be restored to flying condition pending a buyer (which has been advertised through Classic Aircraft Sales - sated to be "a significant combat veteran").


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The last time I was at WestPac I seem to recall Allan describing that they had spar cap extrusions made for 5 P-38s in the expectation of having a total of five rebuilds over the next several years. They have the Slattery and HFC examples currently being restored as well as I believe substantial remains from a third wreck.


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Last I read was that the wreck of the ex- Fighter Collections P-38 was stored with a new owner in Texas (?) I remember seeing photos of the wreck in a Warbird magazine .

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