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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:44-74407 USAF
    Construction Number:122-40947
    Latest Owner or Location:ND Ang (fargo), 119 MXS/CC, Fargo, ND

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    Dates

    Event

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

    24 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-74407.

    27 May 1945

    To 339th AAF Base Unit, Thomasville AAF, GA.

    Transferred to 335th AAF Base Unit, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL.

    Transferred to 4103D AAF Base Unit, Jackson AAB, MS.

    Transferred to 3028th AAF Base Unit, Luke AAB, AZ.

    Transferred to 2537th AAF Base Unit, Perrin Field, Sherman, TX.

    Transferred to 3028th AAF Base Unit, Luke AAB, AZ.

    Transferred to 2537th AAF Base Unit, Perrin Field, Sherman, TX.

    Transferred to 3028th AAF Base Unit, Luke AAB, AZ.

    Transferred to 3010th AAF Base Unit, Williams Field, AZ.

    Transferred to 3502nd AAF Base Unit, Chanute Field, IL.

    Transferred to 3010th AAF Base Unit, Williams Field, AZ.

    7 March 1947

    Transferred to 3502nd Air Force Base Unit, Chanute Field, IL.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-74407 as a F-51D.

    Transferred to 3704th AAF Base Unit, Kessler AAF, MS.

    February 1948

    Transferred to 3380th Air Base Group, Kessler AFB, MS.

    Transferred to Norton AFB, CA.

    August 1948

    Transferred to 3750th Air Base Group, Sheppard AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 153rd TRS, 116th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Mississippi ANG,.

    From Unknown to 1954

    Transferred to 178th FS, 103D FG, North Dakota ANG, Hector Field, ND.
    Operated with markings: NDAK ANG

    After 1954

    To North Dakota ANG-119th FG, Fargo, ND.
    View the Location Dossier

    1965

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to ND Ang (fargo), 119 MXS/CC, Fargo, ND.

    13 April 2018


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    13 April 2018


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    13 April 2018


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    9 April 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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