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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51D-25-NA Mustang
    Last Military Serial:44-72989 USAAF
    Construction Number:122-39448
    Latest Owner or Location:Wisconsin National Guard Memorial Library and Museum, Volk Field ANGB, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-25-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    February 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-72989.

    March 1945

    Departed the US via Newark NJ, for assignment to Eighth AF(shipping code SOXO).

    October 1945

    Returned to the US via Newark NJ.

    By 1954

    Transferred to 109th FS, 133D FIG, Minnesota ANG, Wold-Chamberlain Field (later Minneapolis-Saint. Paul Metropolitan Airport), MN.

    By August 1956

    Written off.
    Although the 109th ended F-51 ops in 1954, this Mustang was withdrawn from use sometime before August 1956 after it was damaged in a crash at Holman Field in St. Paul, MN.

    1979

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    August 1981

    Placed on display with Wisconsin National Guard Memorial Library and Museum, Volk Field ANGB, Camp Douglas, WI.
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    July 1985


    Photographer: MNANG Museum

    4 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken Volk Field, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    4 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Volk Field, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    22 October 2014


    Photographer: MSgt (Ret) Leo Clark
    Notes: Static Display at Volk Field ANGB, WI

    20 July 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     MustangsMustangs.com by Curtis Fowles
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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