History / Previous Identities:

1944: Oct - Manufactured at Inglewood, Ca
1945: Mar 29 - Accepted by USAAF, via Newark NJ shipping dock to USAAF depot in Great Britain. Not assigned
1945: July - returned to USAAF depot, Newark NJ
1947: Mar 31 - to TX ANG, 182nd FS, Brooks AFB, San Antonio
1950: Nov 16 - to 136th FG, CONAC, Langley AFB, VA
1950: Dec 26 - reassigned to TAC
1951: May 03 - to CO ANG, 120th FS, Buckley Field, Denver CO
1953: Mar 31 - to MN ANG, 109th FS, St. Paul MN
1956: Dec 10 - storage at McClellan AFB, Sacramento CA
1958: Aug 17 - N5073K, sold surplus at McClellan to Delta A&E Parts Inc of N. Carolina for $1,307.50
1958: Nov - N5073K (Mike Coutches) Hayward CA
1958: Dec - David Lindsay Jr. - Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota FL
1963: sold, North Carolina
1963: Howard Olsen, Midland TX, racer #1
1963: reworked by Cavalier Aircraft in Florida
1968: Lefty Gardner, Galveston TX
1968: Salvadorena FAS 406 (El Salvador Air Force)
1974: Oct - N32FF Jack Flaherty, Monterey CA, adopted 44-12473
1975: Gordon Plaskett, King City CA. Restored as "Moonbeam McSwine"
1975: N2151D, won Grand Champion Warbird in Fresno CA
1981: Mar - Chris Williams, Ellensburg WA
1988: Apr - Vlado Lenoch, LaGrange IL
1997: Reno - finished 5th in Bronze at 362 mph
1999: Reno - finished 1st in Bronze at 369 mph
2000: Reno - qualified 27th at 298 mph

Seen regularly at shows around the USA
Flies in the USAF Heritage Flights

Thanks to Vlado Lenoch for providing aircraft history

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