Lockheed 10 and 12

Welcome to the Lockheed 10 and 12 survivors page. This list was created to show pictures of surviving 10s and 12s and to give a brief history of each aircraft. If you can provide more information and pictures please email us

Special thanks to Roger Cain, James Kightly, William Larkins, Joe Shepherd, Les Whittlesey and the photographers noted below.


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Lockheed 10


(no picture)S/N 1010, N22911 - status unknown
(no picture)S/N 1011, N4963C - status unknown
S/N 1015, N72GT - Aircraft used by Linda Finch to trace Earhart flight on the 60th Anniversary of the historic flight. As of early 2008 registered in Cody, Wyoming, hangared in New Mexico.

S/N 1026, N38BB - stored in museum in California, registered owner unknown.

S/N 1037, NC5171N - Science Museum, London

S/N 1042, NR1602D - with Grace McGuire of New Jersey, aircraft moved to West Coast for restoration. Original registration was NC14972.

(no picture)S/N 1052, N57573 - previously registered to United Technologies, East Hartford, Connecticut
(no picture)S/N 1059, N5705 - previously registered to Universal Air Leasing, Grand Blanc, Michigan
(no picture)S/N 1066, N16054 - previously registered to Monarch Airways, Dayton, Ohio
(no picture)S/N 1076, N2405 - status unknown
S/N 1091, N241M - Doc Almand, Denton, Texas - listed for sale.

(no picture)S/N 1095
S/N 1107, VH-UZO - Yesterdays Air Force, Sydney, Australia - on loan to Australia Museum of Flight

S/N 1112, C-FTCA - National Aviation Museum, Ontario, Canada

S/N 1116, C-FTCC - Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

(no picture)S/N 1130 - under restoration at Naval Aviation Museum, Pensicola, Florida. To be restored in Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 10 configuration and markings. (Former registrations numbers - VH-MND, N4886V, N19HL)

S/N 1138 ZK-BUT displayed as ZK-AFD at MOTAT, Auckland, New Zealand. Photo by Marcus Bridle

S/N 1145, ex-Alaska model 10, now in NZ being restored to to airworthy by by Rob Mackley. Pictures from May 2005

(no picture)S/N 3501

Lockheed 12


S/N 1203, N12EJ - owned by Ben Runyan of Vancouver, WA - First registered as NC16077 to Continental Oil Co. in 1936 - became famous as G-AFTL when flown by Sidney Cotton who used it for spying on the German's during World War Two - later owned by airshow pilot Art Scholl and flown in numerous movies - Doc Savage, Amelia Earhart, Spencer's Pilots, The Life of Howard Hughes.

(no picture)S/N 1204 - First registered to Bureau of Air Commerce in 1936. Derelict airframe used as scenic prop at Disney World/MGM in "Casablanca" display (Note about Casablanca Lockheed 12 - sources say that there was not a real 12 used in Casablanca but a mock up.)
(no picture)S/N 1205, N1001B - First registered as NC16079 to Continental Oil Co. in 1936. At one point is was registered to well known dealer Charles Babb. Status unknown, once stored at New England Air Museum. Registered to Carol Leyner, Boulder, Colorado
S/N 1208, NC2072 - First registered to H.E. Talbott & Co. in 1936 and later to Texaco. Flying as of April 2007 with owner Joe Shepherd in Georgia. Visit this web site for more on NC2072

S/N 1214, N16085 - First registered to Erle Halliburton in 1937 and later to R.G. LaTourneau. Picture shown shows status as of late 2007. Current owner listed as Frank Moss, Port Charlotte, FL

(no picture)S/N 1215, N17341 - crashed Palm Beach, FL. Parted out to support restoration of S/N 1208. Last owner listed as Aerospace Institue, Carnegie, PA.
(no picture)S/N 1217 - Crashed July 1990 in Oshkosh, WI. Parted out to support restoration of S/N 1208.
S/N 1219 - on display at the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

(no picture)S/N 1220 - Used in film "Hired Wife." Wrecked in NY taxi accident
S/N 1222, CF-MZE (was N18125) - First registered to Varney Air Transport in 1937 then Continental Airlines. With RCAF as 7838. Later Texaco and Noble Drilling. Sold by Colgate Darden to Peter Ramm of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Under complete rebuild, to fly late 2008.

S/N 1224, N112PB - First registered to Standard Oil Co. as NC17379. Shot and hit by German submarine during attack on oil refinery in Aruba in 1942. At one point it was siezed by creditors and resold. As of early 2008 was listed as sold to new owner.

(no picture)S/N 1225 - The famous "Texan" was to race from NY to Paris but never did. Destroyed in hangar fire in Miami, FL
S/N 1226, N18130 - First registered to F.C. Hall. Carried NR18130 to fly in the Cleveland Air Races in 1937. Later flown by Milo Burchman to 5th place in the Bendix Transcontinental Speed Dash. Imported from France (F-BUIE) in 2007 (picture shown at stop on Transatlantic crossing). Owned by Spike Nasmyth and Jim Perry California. Under restoration in Washington State.

(no picture)S/N 1227, N1108 - Flown with the US Navy used by Naval Attache in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently registered to Richard Schutze of Ojai, California
S/N 1229, NC18137 - First registered to Varney Air Transport in 1937 then Continental Airlines. Flown with TWA and Texaco. Currently owned by Electra LLC and based in CA with Ruth Richter whos father was one of the founders of TWA and flew NC18137. Visit this web site for more on NC18137

(no picture)S/N 1236, VHABH - Based in Australia. Flown as "Silver City" with Ross Smith.
S/N 1239, N33RA - First registered as XB-ABW. Registered to Richard Warden, Canby, OR

(no picture)S/N 1247 - Crashed in VA i 1973. Parted out to support other restorations
S/N 1250, N99K - First registered as NC18970 to Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1938. Flew with USAAF as UC-40D 42-66386. Owned by Kent Blankenburg of Pine Mountain Lake, California

S/N 1252, N14999 - First registered as NC18996 to Continental Oil Co. in 1938. Owned by Patrick Donovan based in New Zealand - repairs being made after landing gear failure in early 2006

(no picture)S/N 1256, N4278 - First registered to USAAF C-40A 38-539. Last known owner resgistered the airplane in Montana. Possible sold recently to new owner.
S/N 1257, N93R - First registered to USAAF C-40A 38-540. Currently owned and flown by Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California. Photo taken at the May 2005 Chino Airshow

(no picture)S/N 1261, N32J - First registered to USAAF C-40A 38-541. Last registered to Jerry Van Winkle, Miami, FL
S/N 1262 - First registered to USAAF C-40A 38-545. Later NC48741 with Pure Oil Co. To Australia in 1982. Based in Australia as VHHID. As of early 2008 being restored to fly with Doug Hamilton.

(no picture)S/N 1271, N17399 - First registered to Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1939. Registered to Roy Mabee, Anaheim, CA. Based at Chino, California airport, not flyable.
(no picture)S/N 1275, VHBHH - in storage at Australia Museum of Flight (formally NC18977, USAAF 42-38348, RAF LA623)
S/N 1277, N18906 - First registered to Nevada Development Co. 1940. Later USAAF UC-40D 42-38349 and to RAF as LA621. 1960 registerd in France as F-BFUD. Returned to US in 1984. Currently owned by Les Whittlesey and based in Chino, California. Flyable again after restoration in Summer 2006. Grand Champion Antique, Oshkosh 2006. Paul Garber Trophy, Reno 2006. See the restoration pictures here

(no picture)S/N 1280, N4001 -First registered to Cities Svce Oil Co. 1940. Last registered to Mann Ent. in Warrenton, VA. Possible long term storage for restoration.
S/N 1281, N2633 - First registered to Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 1940. Flown as YVAVF in Venezuela 1944. Returned to US in 1968. Restored and flown by Perras Brothers of Hayward, California

S/N 1286, NC25628 - First registered to Humble Oil & Refining Co. 1940. Currently owned by John O'Keefe, of Kickland, WA (photo taken by Dan Linn, Oshkosh 2004)

S/N 1287 - First registered as NC33615 to Sky Kraft Corp. 1941. Flown by Sidney Cotton as G-AGTL 1945. Register in 1963 as F-BJJY in France. Now flies as F-AZLL. Suffered landing gear failure in 2007. Repairs being made early 2008.

(no picture)S/N 1292, N4249A - First flown with NACA as NACA-99 in 1941. Owner by Ray Walker, stored in McAllen, TX for future restoration.
S/N 1294, N33650 - First flown with Continental Oil Co. 1941. Currently owned by the Theis family in Reno, NV

S/N 1306 - Delivered 6 February 1942 to Netherlands East Indies Govt. as L2-38. Last with Scan-Fly (Denmark) as OY-AOV (regd. 09-04-63) Exhibited at Egeskov Museum as L2-38. Transferred to Dutch Military Aviation Museum, Kamp Zeist 1985

(no picture)S/N 1308 - First flown as L2-40 with Netherlands East Indies Government Displayed in Indonesia as T-303.
S/N 1313 - First flown as L2-44 with Netherlands East Indies Government.

last updated Feb 2008