P-51 Mustang Survivors: " This Is It " , N2051D - serial #: 44-73454 Sights, Sounds, History.

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44-73454 N2051D " This Is It "

NAA Type:
Conv:

Serial #:

Registry:
.. past:

Owner:
Base:
Status:

Paul Besterveld
Camarillo CA
Restoration

P-51D-25NA
Cavalier 2000

44-73454

N2051D
N6172C

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History / Previous Identities:

1963: N6172C
1967: crashed, Cavilier conv., N2051D
1972: (John Schaufhausen) 1973: crash landing in TX, (Richard Bach) rebuilt to stock
1976: (Gordon Plaskett), (John Herlihy)
1984: (Richard Bjelland)

Seen around some northern Cal. airshows
2007: attended the Marysville, Ca Fly-In
2010: Sold to Paul Besterveld, restoration as "This is It" in Camarillo Ca.

Images of 44-73454 N2051D " This Is It "

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