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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51C-1-NT Mustang
    Last Military Serial:42-103293 USAAF
    Construction Number:103-22730
    Compressed ID:NA P-51C-1-NT sn 42-103293 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:370th FS/359th BG/67th FW/8th AF, RAF East Wretham

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51C-1-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-103293.

    April 1944

    Transferred to 370th FS/359th BG/67th FW/8th AF, RAF East Wretham.

    Markings Applied: CS O
    Finished with a green nose band.

    2 May 1944

    Crashed.
    @ 1853 hrs (Pilot error) - Gasthorpe (6 miles SE from RAF East Wretham), Norfolk - England (52A2324N / 0A5413E) - (Pilot: Capt Carey H Brown Jr) - 1 KIA.

    3 May 1944

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.
    Condemned as salvage from battle damage after a crash in England.

    The identification of this airframe was transferred to a new-build project in 1998.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

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