@ Fairfield, CA
May 2022
The 2022 Wings Over Solano airshow (at Travis AFB) was fortunate to have a P-38 in attendance, courtesy of the Planes of Fame. “23 Skidoo” is the Lightning owned by the Planes of Fame Museum and operates out of Chino, CA. This aircraft never saw any combat before being surplused and changing hands until being restored to flying condition in 1988. The P-38 wears the markings of “23 Skidoo”, flown by Captain Perry J. “Pee Wee” Dahl of the 432th Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group. First flown in 1939, more than 10,000 Lightnings were produced, with only ten currently airworthy survivors.
