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| USAAF 5th AF 6th PRG 8th PRS  U.S. Army Nov 24, 1944 |
Aircraft History Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (LAC) in Burbank. Constructors Number unknown. At the factory, completed with an unpainted aluminum finish with olive drab on the upper nose and inner sides of the engine nacelles for anti-glare. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as F-5 Lightning serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA). Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group (PRG), 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (PRS). No known nose art or nickname. The tail had the motif of the squadron and the boom had the squadron's eight ball motif. Wartime History On November 24, 1944 destroyed by a Japanese air raid parked at Tacloban Airfield on Leyte. References U.S. Army in World War II Leyte: The Return to the Philippines Chapter VI The Japanese Reaction page 98 (photo) The Eight Ballers: Eyes of the Fifth Air Force (1999) page 101 (November 24, 1944) "Two F-5s were reported lost on November 24, one due to Japanese bombing and the other during a preliminary mission flown from Tacloban." Contribute
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