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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:F-51D Mustang
    Last Military Serial:44-74936 USAF
    Construction Number:122-41476
    Compressed ID:NA F-51D sn 44-74936 USAF cn 122-41...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-30-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa July 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-74936.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-74936.

    1948

    Redesignated as F-51D.

    Transferred to 167th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (ANG), Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, WV.
    Operated with markings: SHARP SHOOTER, R, 4174936

    27 January 1957

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    27 January 1957

    Retired as last prop-driven fighter operational with a USAF tactical unit. Ferried from Charleston, WV to Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH for for preservation at the USAF Museum. The plane *was met over Ohio by an F-100 Super Sabre and escorted to Patterson Field for an impromptu air show.* (P-51 Mustang: Seventy-Five Years of Americas Most Famous Warbird).

    February 1957

    Flew over Marietta, OH for the premiere of the movie Battle Hymn.

    6 May 1957

    *Briefly reactivated to fly at the 50th anniversary of the Air Force Aerial Firepower Demonstration at the Air Proving Ground, Eglin AFB, FL.* (American Air Museum in Britain).

    May 1957


    Photographer: American Air Museum in Britain

    From 1957 to After 1977

    Markings Applied: SHARP SHOOTER, R, 4174936

    July 1971

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 1982

    Markings Applied: Shimmy IV, 52, 44-15174
    Painted as the P-51D flown by Col. C.L. Sluder, commander of the 325th Fighter Group in Italy in 1944 (NMUSAF).

    16 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    16 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     P-51 Mustang: Seventy-Five Years of Americas Most Famous Warbird by Cory Graff
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     American Air Museum in Britain
    This Day in Aviation by Bryan R. Swopes
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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