Model 26Q, P-39Q-5 Aircobra, 42-19597
Largest production batch, 4,905 aircraft, with suffixes -1, -5, -10, -20, and -30. P-38Q-20 and P-38Q-30 had four-blade propellers.
With a high-capacity fuel tank in this photo.
Information from Joe Baugher's web site
converted to TP-39Q two-seat trainer. Abandoned after emergency landing July 20, 1945 at Hobbs, New Mexico while on way to RFC. To Capitan High School, Lincoln, New Mexico. Acquired by Joe Brown of Hobbs, New Mexico and donated to Confederate AF in 1962. Recovered derelict hulk c 1967 and sold to John Stokes and donated to CAF for static exhibition. Registered as N6968 and restored to airworthy in single-seat configuration 1968-1974. Flown again Jun 9, 2001. Confederate AF renamed Commemorative AF 2002. Flown regularly in USSR markings at airshows. (www.warbirdregistry.org). Landing accident Apr 18, 2005, Fredericksburg, Texas. Landing accident Jul 3, 2010 at Tyler, Texas. First post-restoration flight Mar 15, 2015
Aeroplane Photo Supply Photo No. 3035
