P-38 Lightning "Pudgy IV" Tail #131, flown by Maj. T.B. McGuire Jr.

Pacific theatre of operations, 1944. 25 enemy aircraft kills.

 

 

 

 

Built by Lockheed. Delivered to the U. S. Army, serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas to Australia and reassembled. Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 475th Fighter Group, 431st Fighter Squadron. Assigned to pilot Thomas B. McGuire. Nicknamed "Pudgy" after his wife.