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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 6:16 pm 
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A couple of questions:

- Was this a "custom" or "modified" cockpit arrangement or something Lockheed did as an option.

- And is this P-38 still around?

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Post war mod for the canopy.

https://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38regi ... 27183.html
https://yanksair.org/exhibition/lockhee ... lightning/

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 4:28 pm 
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It's N517PA/44-27183; post-war mod as already stated.

EDIT: According to Geoff Goodall's site, fitted with a T-33 nose.


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