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A68-039 N551D
Jack Erickson, Madras OR
P-51 Survivor A68-039 N551D
Status: Flying
NAA Type:
Serial #: A68-39
Adopted:
44-14826
Registry: N551D
.. past:   VH-BOY
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History: A68-39 N551D
1945: Dec 12, RAAF, BOC
1947: Aug 06, RAAF instructional airframe, Ballart VIC
1953: Dec 04, disposal
1954: surplus, Wilmore Aviation Services Pty Ltd, Moorabbin VIC
1959: Oct, VH-BOY, sale, Fawcett Aviation, Bankstown NSW
1959: Bankstown NSW, "Miss Yankee"
1976: VH-BOY, Jun 05, crashed, take-off, Bankstown NSW, rebuilt
1978: VH-BOY, sale, Warbirds of Great Britian, UK
1979: sale, Gordon Plaskett, King City CA
1981: sale, Flying Tigers Farms, Bakersfield CA
1983: N551D(#3), sale, Bill Destefani, Bakersfield CA, restoration Shafter CA
1983: N551D, sale, Jack Erickson / Erickson Air Cranes, Central Point OR, adopted 45-11489, later 44-14826 (on FAA reg)
1988: N551D, Red-nose, coded QP J "Sabrina" on right nose
1997: N551D, based, Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook OR
2007: N551D, Provenance Fighter Sales
2007: Sep, N551D, Geoff Milne, Melbourne Australia, not delivered - Milne killed in aircraft crash Australia
2009: N551D, Jack Erickson / Erickson Group Ltd, Medford OR
2015: Apr 30, N551D, P51 Mustang LLC, Beaverton OR, Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras OR

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