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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51D-20-NA Mustang
    Last Military Serial:270 FAU
    Construction Number:122-31341
    Compressed ID:NA P-51D-20-NA sn 270 FAU cn 122-31...
    Latest Owner or Location:National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-20-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-63615.

    1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya with s/n 270.

    From Circa 1965 to Circa 1984

    Placed on display with Carrasco AB, Montevideo, Uruguay.

    From 1984 to Circa 1990

    To Joseph Kasparoff, Montebello, CA.

    From Circa 1986 to Circa 1989

    Placed on display with Tuskegee Foundation, Tuskegee, AL.

    Circa 1986

    Restored.
    The work for the static restoration was carried out at Van Nuys, CA.

    By 1989

    Displayed in Tuskegee, AL.

    Circa 1993

    To Ascher Ward, Sepulveda, CA.
    Adv. for sale.

    Circa 2 May 1994

    To ILOC Corp, FL.
    Was a US register candidate, it is unclear if it was considered airworthy at the time.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From Circa 1995 to Circa 2006

    To USAFM, Dover AFB, DE.

    Placed on display with Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
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    Markings Applied: Bunnie, Miss Kentucky State, 415569
    Displ. as.

    Loaned to 4 FW/HO, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.

    10 June 2006

    Placed on display with Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC.
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    Markings Applied: Miss Kentucky State, Z-569, 44-15569

    Note: id. also rep. as 44-63613.

    21 April 2016

    Placed on display with National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA.
    Placed on display in the markings of Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA.
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    12 June 2018


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Warbird News
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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