Dates

Event

Circa 1943

Constructed as a P-61C-1-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

Circa 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-8330.

From July 1946 to By 1948

Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics with s/n 330.
Used for thunderstorm research.

By 1950

Transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Withdrawn from use at Wright-Patterson AFB.

From October 1950 to By 1951

To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Park Ridge, IL.
Placed in storage at NASM Park Ridge.

From 14 February 1951 to By 1954

To National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Returned to NACA for use in a research project which dropped aeronautical shapes from high altitude. Delivered to Moffett Field, CA.

10 August 1954

Ferry flight. Delivered to Andrews AFB, Maryland, USA.
Delivered to Andrews.

From By 1954 to By 1960

Assigned to Unknown Location for storage.
Placed in open storage.

From By 1965 to By 2006

To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
Placed in storage at the Garber facility.
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April 1983

Photographer: JM Bryant
Notes: Inventory # A19510044000. Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility, Smithsonian Institution, Silver Hill, Suitland, Maryland, USA.

From By 2005 to By 2006

Restoration started.

May 2006

To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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Restored.

Markings Applied: 38330, NACA 330, TEST
Marked in original USAF and NACA markings.

17 September 2006

Photographer: Bill Kistler

16 September 2011

Photographer: Robert Nichols