Lockheed P-38E, 41-2048, c/n 222-5266

Information from Joe Baugher's website,

2048 retained by contractor as NX91300 for experiments. Modified with lengthened pilot gondola section and all controls moved 3 feet forward into new cockpit section, original cockpit becoming an observer's position. To RFC Mar 19, 1946. Later used as test aircraft for XF-90 program. Crashed on takeoff from Phoenix, Arizona Oct 24, 1962

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