P-51 Mustang Survivors: " Worry Bird " , N951M - serial #: 44-73287 Sights, Sounds, History.

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44-73287 N951M " Worry Bird "

NAA Type:
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Registry:
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Owner:
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Michael George
Springfield IL
Flying

P-51D-25NA

44-73287

N951M
N5445V
N51DF
N751JC

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History / Previous Identities:

1945: April, joined 8th AF, returned July 1945 to Newark Field NJ, Olmstead AFB, Shaw AFB (20th FBW)
1948: 4126th BU San Bernardino CA, 188th FS NM ANG
1951: 188th FIS, 4750th UB Yuma AZ
1954: 165th FS KY ANG
1956: sent to McClellan AFB for reclamation (scrap)
1958: purchase (saved) by William Kelbaugh N5445V
1964: sold (Dreshman Cooper)
1974: sold (James Francis) N51DF
1978: sold (Jack Rose) restoration to stock WWII "Worry Bird"
1988: N751JC (John Castrogiovanni)
1989: N5445V
1990: N951M (Michael George)

Images of 44-73287 N951M " Worry Bird "

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   Curtis Fowles - MustangsMustangs
   Jim Sterling - Web Birds
   Joe Cupido
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   Greg Connell
   Glenn Chatfield

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